Colbert I. King
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Colbert I. King (born 1939-09-20) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post. He is Deputy Editor of the Post's editorial page.
King earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Howard University in 1961. Before joining the staff of the Washington Post in 1990, King served as:
- U.S. Army officer with the Adjutant General's Corps (1961-1963)
- Special officer for the United States Department of State (1964-1980)
- Worker for the Volunteers in Service to America (1971-1972)
- Minority staff director of the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia (1972-1976), where he helped draft the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department (1976-?)
- U.S. executive director to the World Bank (1979-1980)
- Executive vice president of the Middle East and Africa at Riggs Bank (1980-1990)
In 2003, King won the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for his against the grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom". King lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Gwendolyn Stewart King. They have three children.
He has written many articles for the Washington Post concerning the 2002 murders of Gregory Russell and his 9-year-old daughter, Erika, who would have turned 15 on June 4th 2008.
[edit] Sources
- Colbert I. King. The Pulitzer Prize Winners. The Pulitzer Board. Retrieved on 2006-06-03.
- Colbert King: Biography. The History Makers. Retrieved on 2006-06-03.
