William B. Sansom

Class of 1964

Hometown: Knoxville, Tn.

Distinguished Alumnus Photo

  • Sansom served as Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Transportation Secretary for the State of Tennessee, and former Commissioner of the Finance and Administrative Departments, for the State of Tennessee.
  • He has served as Chairman and CEO, of the H.T. Hackney Company, Knoxville, TN, a wholesale grocery, gas & oil, furniture manufacturing company, and previously served as President of American Limestone Company.
  • Sansom served as Chairman of The Citadel Trust, 2006.  The football field at Johnson Hagood stadium is named in his honor.