Powell, Colin L

LC control no.	n 87926095
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Powell, Colin L. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Washington (D.C.)
Birth date	1937-04-05
Death date	2021-10-18
Place of birth	Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Affiliation	City University of New York. City College White House Fellows Foundation United States. Army United States. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Profession or occupation	Generals Chief operating officers Armies--Officers Foreign ministers
Found in	American foreign policy, 1988: t.p. (Colin L. Powell) p. 1 (Asst. to the Pres. for Nat'l Security Affairs) Colin Powell, 1991: CIP t.p. (Colin Powell) galley (b. Colin Luther Powell on 04-05-37) The Oxford Companion to American Military History, accessed September 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Powell, Colin L.; Colin Luther Powell; Secretary of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Army Officer (1989-1995); born 05 April 1937 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; graduated from City College, New York (1958); became the youngest general in the army (1979); White House Fellow (1972); served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during Democratic and Republican administrations; appointed as the President Ronald Reagan's deputy national security adviser (1987); selected, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989); played a central role during the 1991 Persian Gulf War; became the first African American Secretary of State (2000)) New York Times, October 18, 2021 (online), viewed October 18, 2021 : "Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84" (Colin Powell died Monday [October 18, 2021] from complications of COVID-19)
Associated language	eng