Photo Credit: Bernard Gotfryd (Library of Congress)

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 30, 1943
Cordele, Georgia

DIED:
September 14, 2009
Cambridge, Maryland

EDUCATION:
U.S. Air Force Academy (1961-1964)
Georgia State University (BA in Political Science, 1966)
Emory University (1967, MA in Political Science)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Aide to Gubernatorial Candidate Jimmy Carter (1970)
Press Secretary to Governor Jimmy Carter (1971-1974)
Press Secretary for Carter Presidential Campaign (1974-1976)
White House Press Secretary (1977-1981)
Syndicated Newspaper Columnist/ TV Commentator (1981)
Founder/ CEO of Powell Tate public relations firm (1981-1989)

PORTRAIT:

June 7, 1977: Photo Credit: Marion S. Trikoso (Library of Congress Collection)

RESOURCES:

Press Secretary Jody Powell and Jimmy Carter, 2/10/1977 (National Archives)

Wikipedia
Exit Interview (Carter Library, 12/2/1980)
Carter Oral History (Miller Center, 12/17/1981)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President Jimmy Carter standing in front of a crowd of reporters with cameras on Press Secretary Jody Powell stands behind him. April 26. 1977 (Photo Credit: O’Halloran, Thomas J, Library of Congress Collection)

PROFILES:
New York Times (5/15/19777)

OBITUARIES (9/15/2009):
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Politico
New Yorker