Progress Energy holds tribute for late CEO McGehee

[Atoyia Deans | Times]

Jeff Lyash, CEO of Progress Energy Florida,  gave the opening remarks this morning at a tribute for Bob McGehee, the late CEO of Progress Energy who died of a stroke last Tuesday in England.

The local tribute took place at the Mahaffey Theatre in downtown St. Petersburg. A memorial for McGehee held at the company's headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., was shown on closed-circuit television for local company employees and community leaders.

Times staff writer