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Jody Powell (Joseph Lester Powell Jr.) was born on 30 September, 1943 in Cordele, Georgia, U.S., is a White House press secretary to President Jimmy Carter. Discover Jody Powell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Joseph Lester Powell Jr.
Occupation actor
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 30 September, 1943
Birthday 30 September
Birthplace Cordele, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death 14 September, 2009
Died Place Cambridge, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1943

Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell, Jr. (September 30, 1943 – September 14, 2009) was an American political advisor who served as a White House press secretary during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.

Powell later co-founded a public relations firm.

Born in Cordele, Georgia, Powell grew up on a farm in Vienna, 35 miles east of Carter's home town of Plains.

1961

He attended the United States Air Force Academy beginning in 1961, but was expelled three years later for cheating on a history exam.

1966

After finishing his Bachelor of Arts at Georgia State University in 1966, Powell enrolled in the doctoral program in political science at Emory University.

He earned a Master of Arts in the discipline before leaving the program.

1968

While at Emory in 1968, he sent a paper he had written on southern populism to Jimmy Carter, and began working for the future president, who at the time, was running for governor of Georgia.

Powell's first job for Carter was as a volunteer driver, with Powell taking Carter to various campaign stops throughout Georgia.

Powell eventually became Carter's close friend and functionally served as his press secretary.

Powell eventually quit Emory prior to completing his doctorate to work full-time for Carter.

1976

During Carter's presidential campaign in 1976, Powell was noted for his energy and for calling reporters from wayside pay telephones to make sure they got Carter's record straight.

In the run-up to the 1976 presidential election, Time Magazine profiled Powell, anticipating that if Carter were elected, Powell would serve a "dual role as adviser and spokesman" and would become one of the most powerful White House press secretaries in history due to his close relationship with Carter.

After Carter's 1976 election as president, Powell was described as a member of the "Georgia Mafia", a group of close aides from Georgia who moved to high positions in the Carter administration, but who were inexperienced in national politics.

1977

Powell and Carter's chief of staff Hamilton Jordan appeared in 1977 as caricatures on the cover of Time in 1977 and were pictured on the cover of Rolling Stone, where they were dubbed Carter's "whiz kids".

Powell served as White House press secretary for Carter's entire term as president.

1985

In 1985, he published a memoir, The Other Side of the Story, in which he discussed his leak to the Associated Press of the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, Carter's 1979 encounter with a swamp rabbit, that "was intent on climbing into the Presidential boat".

1990

In 1990, he participated in Ken Burns' PBS documentary miniseries The Civil War, lending his distinctive voice to Confederate figures of the American Civil War, notably Generals Stonewall Jackson, John B. Gordon, and Nathan Bedford Forrest.

1991

Powell and Sheila Tate, former White House press secretary to Nancy Reagan, co-founded Powell Tate, a public relations firm based in Washington, D.C., in 1991.

2009

Powell worked as CEO of the firm until his death in 2009.

Powell was a member of the Board of Advisors for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Powell died on September 14, 2009, from a heart attack at his home on the Eastern Shore in Maryland.