TVA Commemorates 70th Anniversary
May 21, 2003
TVA will commemorate its 70th anniversary Thursday, May 22, with an employee program entitled“Seven Decades of Service,” which will be simulcast live to employees throughout the Tennessee Valley.
TVA Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. will address employees in the simulcast, which begins at 11 a.m. in the West Tower auditorium at TVA’s Knoxville office complex.
“The men and women of TVA are the keys to its success and longevity,” McCullough said. “For the past 70 years, the people of TVA have helped to enrich the lives of the people of the Valley. Those important endeavors continue today and will for the next 70 years and beyond.”
Nebraska State Senator David Landis will perform a historical portrayal of the late Senator George Norris of Nebraska, who is known as the Father of TVA. The TVA Chattanooga Singers will sing the national anthem.
The anniversary program not only reflects on TVA’s history and commitment to the people of the Tennessee Valley, but also looks ahead to the future.
As part of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created TVA — “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise” — with the signing of the TVA Act on May 18, 1933. Senator Norris was the author of the Rural Electrification Act, which is credited with bringing power to American farms and public power to the Southeast and his own state of Nebraska.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power producer and is completely self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Lucha Ramey, Knoxville (865-632-8385) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
