Michael Powell
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Michael Kevin Powell (born March 23, 1963) is an American former Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and the current president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
President Bill Clinton appointed him to the Federal Communications Commission on November 3, 1997.
On January 22, 2001, President George W. Bush named him chairman of the commission.
Powell is the son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife Alma Powell.
Early life and education
In 1963, Powell was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from the College of William & Mary, where he was introduced to Theta Delta Chi on an ROTC Scholarship. Powell obtained a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center later this year.
Personal life
Powell is married to Jane Knott and has two children. Half of Powell's pelvis had snapped off its rear anchor on the lower spine while serving in the Army. It had been ripped free of the cartilage linking it to the other half in the front. His bladder and urethra were broken, and several vertebrae were cracked.
Powell was flown to a U.S. Army hospital in Nuremberg after initial interest from German emergency room doctors. After being stabilized, he was flown to Washington, D.C., and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he spent a year in recovery. His spine is also fused at its base, requiring him to walk with a marginal forward pitch to this day.
Career
Powell served as an armor officer in the United States Army. He spent the majority of his active service with the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Amberg, Germany, serving as a cavalry platoon leader and troop executive officer. In 1987, Powell was seriously injured during a training mission. He and his unit were traveling in a convoy on the autobahn. Powell was riding in a jeep at the time. Due to heavy rain, the jeep crashed and Powell was ejected from the vehicle. After he hit the pavement, the jeep bounced and crashed down on Powell's midsection.
After his rehabilitation he served as an expert advisor to the Secretary of Defense. and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit. He then worked for a year and a half as a private attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers. From 1996, Powell served in the Clinton Administration as chief of staff of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.