Colin Powell
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Emerging from a Harlem birth to Jamaican parents and a South Bronx upbringing, he completed a geology degree at City College of New York before commissioning as a second lieutenant through ROTC in 1958. A 35-year Army career saw him rise to four-star general, command the U.S. Army Forces Command, serve as National Security Advisor (1987-89) and chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), where he d…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources