Erskine Bowles
Erskine Bowles
Erskine Boyce Bowlesis an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and he also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from North Carolina in 2002 and 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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