Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft (March 19, 1925 – August 6, 2020) was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General. He was the United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush.
Brent Scowcroft | |
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.jpg) Scowcroft in 2013 | |
| 9th & 17th United States National Security Advisor | |
| In office November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Henry Kissinger |
| Succeeded by | Zbigniew Brzeziński |
| In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Colin Powell |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Lake |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1925 Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | August 6, 2020 (aged 95) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marian Horner (m. 1951) |
| Children | Karen Horner (deceased) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Profession | Military officer, diplomat |
Scowcroft was born on March 19, 1925 in Ogden, Utah.[1] He studied at Columbia University. Scowcroft married to Marian Horner in 1951. They had one daughter.
Scowcroft died on August 6, 2020 at his home in Falls Church, Virginia at the age of 95.[2][3]
Brent Scowcroft Media
Lieutenant Brent Scowcroft (seated second from left) with other members of the 82nd Squadron at Grenier Airfield in 1948
Brent Scowcroft upon receiving his third star as lieutenant general on August 17, 1974
Deputy Assistant For National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft discusses the Vietnam War with Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (l) and Central Intelligence Agency Director William Colby (r) during a break in a meeting of the National Security Council in April 1975.
President Gerald Ford confers with Henry Kissinger and Scowcroft in October 1974.
National Security Advisor Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft with President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on-board Air Force One on November 17, 1975
President George H. W. Bush examines papers with Dick Cheney and Scowcroft in April 1989.
Scowcroft in October 2009, at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
Scowcroft with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
U.S. Air Force Pilot Badge
Seal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
References
- ↑ Brent Scowcroft. Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2012. http://csis.org/expert/brent-scowcroft. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ↑ "Longtime presidential adviser Brent Scowcroft dies at 95" (in en). NBC News. August 7, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/longtime-presidential-adviser-brent-scowcroft-dies-95-n1236140. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (2020-08-07). "Brent Scowcroft, a Force on Foreign Policy for 40 Years, Dies at 95" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/politics/brent-scowcroft-dead.html. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
Other websites
- Brent Scowcroft on IMDb
- "Don't Attack Saddam" by Brent Scowcroft.
- Brent Scowcroft speech to Harvard Kennedy School, October 29, 2008 Archived December 10, 2012, at Archive.today.
- Brent Scowcroft résumé Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- Oral History of Brent Scowcroft Archived 2013-04-16 at Archive.today at The West Point Center for Oral History Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine.
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