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WILSON (WOODY) POWELL -- VETERAN FOR PEACE
Born, Cambridge, MA, June 24, 1932. Raised in Ohio and California. Korean war veteran, USAF, 1950 to 1954. Used the GI Bill to become formally educated at U. of California, Berkeley and U. of Connecticut, Storrs. Pursued careers in publishing, construction and steel industry sales, and hazardous materials management. Founder of the Gateway Society of Hazardous Materials Managers, the largest chapter of the Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers, a certifying professional organization.
Peace Actions:
· A Veteran For Peace since the Gulf War.
· Human rights observer in Chiapas and Oaxaca in 1998.
· Delegate for the Colombia Support Network to the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia in 2000.
· Ten-time participant in School of the Americas demonstrations. Have honor of being banned from Ft. Benning.
· Executive Director, Veterans For Peace, 2001 – 2005.
· Member Korea Truth Commission.
· Writer/poet -- Co-Author of book: "Two Walk the Golden Road" with Zhou Ming-fu; the lives of two Korean War vets from two different cultures who come to the same conclusions about the waste and uselessness of war. website: http://www.goldnroad.com/ Recently visited co-author and friend in China.
· Also visited previously unknown civilian massacre site in Korea and apologized to its sole survivor. First Korean Conflict veteran to ever visit the site in fifty years.
· Guest lecturer at Webster University, St. Louis, U. Of Missouri, Columbia, in their Foreign Studies and Peace programs.
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