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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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J. Bennett Johnston, energy and science advocate, dies at age 92
Johnston
John Bennett Johnston Jr., a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who served four terms in the U.S. Senate (1972–1997) and often advocated for the energy and infrastructure interests of his home state of Louisiana, passed away on March 25 at the age of 92. Johnston was a strong supporter of Louisiana’s oil and natural gas sectors and nuclear energy expansion.
Johnston was born on June 10, 1932, in Shreveport, La. He left Shreveport to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and then Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He earned his juris doctorate in 1956 from Louisiana State University. From 1956 to 1959, he served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps.
General Chair:
Joseph Dominguez (President and Chief Executive Officer, Constellation)
Program Chair:
Sue Aggarwal (President & CEO, NMNTI)
Assistant Program Chair:
Jim Byrne (Byrne & Assoc.)
Student Program Cochairs:
Iza Lantgios (University of Pittsburgh)
Teddy Chu (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Organizer Biographies
General Chair
Joseph Dominguez is president and CEO of Constellation Energy, overseeing its nuclear, wind, solar, hydroelectric, and natural gas facilities in 19 states as well as its retail and commodities business, providing energy-related products and services to two million customers nationwide. Previously, he was CEO of ComEd, which powers the lives of more than four million residential and business customers in Illinois. Prior to this, Dominguez was executive vice president of governmental and regulatory affairs and public policy at Exelon, where he led federal, state, and regional governmental regulatory, and public-policy strategies. Earlier in his career, he was partner in the law firm of White and Williams. Dominguez is a former assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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