WASHINGTON: Jody Powell, chairman and founder of Powell Tate and press secretary to former President Jimmy Carter, died September 14 of a heart attack just shy of his 66th birthday.
On the agency's Web site, Weber Shandwick CEO Harris Diamond wrote that his colleagues are "devastated" by the loss. Powell Tate, which specializes in public affairs, is part of Weber.
Powell's role as press secretary to President Carter was much heralded. As The New York Times writes, "Mr. Powell's official ...