Brent Scowcroft

Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force; Former United States National Security Advisor

Brent Scowcroft, a pre-eminent foreign policy expert who helped shape America’s international and strategic decisions for decades as the national security adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George Bush and as a counselor to seven administrations, died on Thursday August 6 2020 at his home in Falls Church, Va. He was 95. Mr. Scowcroft was a principal architect of American policy toward post-communist Russia, a leading Republican voice opposing the American-led invasion of Iraq after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a voice in President Barack Obama’s selection of a national security team after the 2008 elections. He also wrote books, taught at universities and counted among his many protégés Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates, both national security experts who became secretaries of state and defense for President George W. Bush. After leaving government in 1993, Mr. Scowcroft headed the Washington-based Scowcroft Group, a consulting firm for international businesses. Brent Scowcroft was born on March 19, 1925, in Ogden, Utah, the son of James and Lucile (Ballantyne) Scowcroft. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1947, joined the Air Force and envisioned life as a fighter pilot. In 1951, he married Marian Horner. She died in 1995. He is survived by their daughter, Karen Scowcroft, and a granddaughter. Mr. Scowcroft earned a master’s degree in international relations from Columbia University in 1953. He taught Russian history for four years at West Point, studied Slavic languages at Georgetown University in 1958 and, from 1959 to 1961, used his Serbo-Croatian skills as an assistant air attaché at the American Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He taught political science at the Air Force Academy in Colorado in 1962-63. Mr. Scowcroft accompanied Nixon on his historic trip to China to establish diplomatic relations after decades of estrangement. Fluent in Russian, he next went to Moscow to prepare for Nixon’s spring visit there, a delicate task because America was bombing North Vietnam, a Soviet ally. Impressed, Henry A. Kissinger, then head of national security, chose him as his deputy in 1973. That fall, Mr. Kissinger became secretary of state, and Mr. Scowcroft ran Security Council meetings in his absence.

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Lanny Griffith	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Good Government for America Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
C Boyden Gray	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, 2001 President's Dinner Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Good Government for America Committee, Campaign America Inc, 1998 Republican House-Senate Dinner, 2000 Rep H/S Dinner Non Fed Individual, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Chuck Hagel, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Wayne L Berman	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Good Government for America Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
Lewis M Eisenberg	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, KT McFarland, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Ed Rogers	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Good Government for America Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel
Robert Stuart Jr	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown
Michael Keiser	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Charles R. Black	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
Robert A Mosbacher	Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, 1998 Republican House-Senate Dinner, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
Charles R Schwab	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, 2001 President's Dinner Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Stephen Schwarzman	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Sam Fox	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Henry Kravis	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, John W. Warner III, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Bernie Marcus	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, 2000 Rep H/S Dinner Non Fed Individual, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, 1999 Republican Senate-House Dinner Committee;the, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, National Republican Congressional Cmte
James E Smith	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
Eric M Javits	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel
J Steven Hart	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Chuck Hagel, John W. Warner III
John W Childs	Roy Blunt, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, John E Sununu, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, Campaign America Inc, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, 1998 Republican House-Senate Dinner, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Harvey M Meyerhoff	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Helen Delich Bentley, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Scott P Brown
Bryce L Harlow	Roy Blunt, Susan Collins, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lindsey Graham, Orrin Hatch, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John E Sununu, Heather Wilson, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Sandhills Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Chuck Hagel, National Republican Congressional Cmte

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Mar 19 '25
Date of death	Aug 6 '20
Aliases	General Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft

Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force; Former United States National Security Advisor

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