[1] Hunts Point, Bronx, NY. Father: Luther Powell
Mother: Maud Ariel (McKoy) Powell
Sister: Marilyn Powell
Wife: Alma Vivian Johnson
Son: Michael Powell (FCC chairman)
Daughter: Linda
Daughter: Annmarie
High School: Morris High School, Bronx, NY (1954)
University: BS Geology, City College of New York (1958)
University: MBA, George Washington University (1971)
US Secretary of State (2001-05)
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93)
White House National Security Advisor (1987-89)
White House Deputy National Security Advisor (1987)
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Limited Partner (2005-)
Forstmann Little & Co. Advisory Board
Academy of Achievement (1988)
Alfalfa Club 1988, President 1996-97
American Academy of Diplomacy
American Philosophical Society 1998
American Success PAC
AmeriCares Advisory Committee
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Honorary Member, Board of Directors
Bohemian Grove
Children's Health Fund Chair, Advisory Board (1996-2000)
Eisenhower Fellowships Chairman
Friends of George Allen
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
George C. Marshall Foundation Council of Advisors
George W. Bush for President
International Rescue Committee Overseer
John McCain 2008
McCain 2000
McCain for Senate '98
Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Board of Trustees
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Bronze Star
Congressional Gold Medal
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1993
Purple Heart
Silver Buffalo
Spingarn Medal 1991
George C. Marshall Award 2003
White House Fellows 1972-73
Dubya Nickname Balloonfoot
Dubya Ranch Hand Jan-2001
Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
Jamaican Ancestry
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
Rotten Library Page:
Colin Powell
Appears on the cover of:
The Economist, 17-May-2003, DETAILS: America and the Middle East (in front of map)
Author of books:
My American Journey (1995, memoir, with Joseph E. Persico)
AKA Colin Luther Powell