[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)
Military College: Army Command and General Staff College (1968)
University: MBA, George Washington University (1971)
Administrator: Deputy Commanding General of the Combined Arms Combat Development Activity, Army Command and General Staff College (1982-83)
Trustee: Howard University
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Limited Partner (2005-)
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)
Member of the Board of AOL
Member of the Board of Gulfstream Aerospace
Forstmann Little & Co. Advisory Board
Academy of Achievement 1988
Alfalfa Club President (1996-97)
Alfalfa Club 1988
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
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Honorary Patron
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
US National Gallery of Art Trustee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Trustee
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Bronze Star
Congressional Gold Medal
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1993
Purple Heart
Silver Buffalo
Spingarn Medal 1991
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
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)
Funeral: Gerald Ford (2007)
Audience with the Pope 2-Jun-2003
Prostate Surgery (2003)
Jamaican Ancestry
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Ethos (10-Feb-2011) · Himself
Transcendent Man (5-Nov-2009) · Himself
Rotten Library Page:
Colin Powell
Author of books:
My American Journey (1995, memoir)
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership (2012, memoir)
AKA Colin Luther Powell