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FROM: http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/powell/mkp_biography.html
Biography
of FCC Chairman Powell
Michael
K. Powell is Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
He was sworn in as a member of the Commission on November 3, 1997. He
was designated Chairman by President Bush on January 22, 2001.
Mr. Powell, a Republican,
was nominated by President William J. Clinton on July 31, 1997, and
confirmed by the United States Senate on October 28, 1997.
In addition to his normal
duties, Mr. Powell serves as the FCC's Defense Chairman and is responsible
for overseeing all National Security Emergency Preparedness functions
for the Commission. He also served as the FCC representative to the
President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion which was established by
President Clinton on February 4, 1998, to address the Year 2000 computer
problem.
Mr. Powell previously
served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division in the Department
of Justice. In that capacity, he advised the Assistant Attorney General
on substantive antitrust matters, including policy development, criminal
and civil investigations and mergers. Prior to joining the Antitrust
Division, Mr. Powell was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office
of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where he focused on litigation
and regulatory matters involving telecommunications, antitrust and employment
law. Mr. Powell graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center
following which he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Harry
T. Edwards, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit.
Before attending law
school, Mr. Powell served as a policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense
on matters involving the United States-Japan security relationship.
Mr. Powell's experience also includes military service as an armor officer
in the United States Army. He spent the majority of his active service
with the 3/2 Armored Cavalry Regiment in Amberg, Germany, serving as
a cavalry platoon leader and troop executive officer. While on duty,
Mr. Powell was seriously injured in a training accident and, after spending
a year in the hospital, was retired from service. Mr. Powell graduated
in 1985 from the College of William and Mary with a degree in Government.
Mr. Powell currently
serves on the Georgetown University Law Center's Board of Visitors and
the Board of Directors of the United States Telecommunications Training
Institute. He is also a 1999 Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute.
Chairman Powell is married
to Jane Knott Powell. They live with their two children, Jeffrey and
Bryan, in Fairfax Station, Virginia.
FROM: http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/powell/mkp_biography.html
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