Charles W. Colson
| Chuck Colson | |
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| Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
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In office July 9, 1970 – March 10, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | William Baroody |
| White House Counsel | |
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In office November 6, 1969 – July 9, 1970 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | John Ehrlichman |
| Succeeded by | John Dean |
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| Born |
Charles Wendell Colson October 16, 1931 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 2012 (aged 80) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Billings (1953–1964) Patricia Hughes (1964–2012) |
| Children | 3 (including Emily) |
| Education |
Brown University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) was an Evangelical Christian leader who founded Prison Fellowship and BreakPoint. Prior to his conversion to Christianity, he served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.
Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man," Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven, and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, he served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.
Colson became a Christian in 1973. His mid-life conversion to Christianity sparked a radical life change that led to the founding of his non-profit ministry Prison Fellowship and to a focus on Christian worldview teaching and training. Colson was also a public speaker and the author of more than 30 books. He was the founder and chairman of The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, which is "a research, study, and networking center for growing in a Christian worldview", and includes Colson's daily radio commentary, BreakPoint, heard on more than 1,400 outlets across the United States (and continues to be broadcast to this day with an alternating panel from the Colson Center).
Colson was a principal signer of the 1994 Evangelicals and Catholics Together ecumenical document signed by leading Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholic leaders in the United States.
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