Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft
Scowcroft in 1973
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
In office October 5, 2001 – February 25, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Warren Rudman
Succeeded by	Jim Langdon
Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board
In office January 20, 1993 – May 26, 1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	James R. Thompson
Succeeded by	Anthony S. Harrington
8th and 16th United States National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Deputy	Bob Gates Jonathan Howe
Preceded by	Colin Powell
Succeeded by	Tony Lake
In office November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Deputy	William G. Hyland
Preceded by	Henry Kissinger
Succeeded by	Zbigniew Brzezinski
7th Deputy National Security Advisor
In office January 4, 1973 – November 3, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Alexander Haig
Succeeded by	William G. Hyland
Personal details
Born	(1925-03-19)March 19, 1925 Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Died	August 6, 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 95) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Marion Horner ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 1995)​
Children	1 daughter
Education	United States Military Academy (BS) Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1947–1975
Rank	Lieutenant general

Brent Scowcroft (/ˈskoʊkrɒft/; March 19, 1925 – August 6, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer who was a two-time United States National Security Advisor, first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, and advised President Barack Obama on choosing his national security team.