Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft
Scowcroft in 2013
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
National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Colin Powell
Succeeded by	Tony Lake
In office November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Henry Kissinger
Succeeded by	Zbigniew Brzezinski
Personal details
Born	(1925-03-19) March 19, 1925 (age 91) Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Marion Horner (1951–1995)
Alma mater	United States Military Academy (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)

Brent Scowcroft (/ˈskoʊkrɒft/; born March 19, 1925) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general. He was the United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. He also 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 assisted President Barack Obama in choosing his national security team.

Scowcroft was born March 19, 1925, in Ogden, Utah, the son of Lucile Scowcroft (formerly Ballantyne) and James Scowcroft, a grocer and business owner. He is a descendant of early 19th-century British immigrants from England and Scotland, along with immigrants from Denmark and Norway. He considers himself a "religious and cultural heritage" Mormon, if not a formal follower of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).