Jody Powell Papers

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Jody Powell Papers

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Jimmy Carter Library

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Powell, Jody, 1943-2009

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Joseph Lester Powell, also known as Jody Powell, was born on September 30, 1943 in Vienna, Georgia. He attended the U. S. Air Force Academy from 1961 to 1964 and graduated with a B.A. in political science from Georgia State University in 1966. He attended graduate school at Emory University from 1967 to 1970. He was an aide to Jimmy Carter in the 1970 Georgia gubernatorial campaign and served as press secretary to Governor Jimmy Carter from 1971 to 1975. He was press secretary in Carter's 1976 p...