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David Eli Lilienthal (July 8, 1899 – January 15, 1981) was an American attorney and public administrator, best known for his Presidential Appointment to head Tennessee Valley Authority [1] and later the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He had practiced public utility law and led the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission. [2]
Nov 20, 2023 · In his fights against Wisconsin’s utility industry, Lilienthal would display in equal measure his brilliance and character defects. Lilienthal expanded the PSC staff and launched aggressive investigations into utilities’ rate structures.
David E. Lilienthal was the first Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Prior to becoming the Chairman of the AEC, he served as the leader of a consultancy group for the State Department that was responsible for developing the Acheson-Lilienthal Report.
Jan 16, 1981 · David E. Lilienthal, former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, died of a heart attack at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in New...
Jan 16, 1981 · David E. Lilienthal, 81, a driving, determined lawyer who helped bring cheap electricity to the middle South as head of the Tennessee Valley Authority and who later helped bring the nation into...
The Father of Public Power. Boyish in appearance but hardheaded and knowledgeable, David Lilienthal built the TVA power system according to one guiding principle: affordable power for everyone in the TVA region. When people met TVA’s three original directors, he was the one who looked out of place. Two of the triumvirate were white-haired ...
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Jan 25, 2012 · What's interesting to me is a very familiar-sounding fear that Lilienthal attempts to allay: the interrelatedness of Big Business and socialism. We hear this all the time in conservative media.
