Last updated on:
6/11/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Colin L. Powell, MBA Biography
- Title:
- Former US Secretary of State
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of May 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Strategic Limited Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
- 65th United States Secretary of State, 2001-2005
- Chairman, America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth, 1993-2000
- 12th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, 1989–1993
- National Security Advisor, Executive Office of the President, 1987–1989
- Professional soldier for 35 years, rose to the rank of 4-star General
- Served two tours of duty, Vietnam
- Served as battalion commander, Korea He later commanded the
- Commander, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),V Corps, United States Army in Europe
- Commander in Chief of Forces Command, headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia
- Former member of the Board of Trustees, Howard University
- Former member of the Board of Directors, United Negro College Fund
- Former member of the Board of Governors, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- Former member of the Advisory Board, Children’s Health Fund
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart
- Two Presidential Medals of Freedom
- President’s Citizens Medal
- Congressional Gold Medal, the
- Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal
- Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal
- Education:
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- MBA, George Washington University, 1971
- BA, geology, City College of New York
- Other:
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- None found
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