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| + | '''John Tower''' was a US Senator and [[Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] until he died in a plane in 1991, one day after his friend, [[John Heinz III]], was killed in an [[airplane incident]]. | ||
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| + | ==Background== | ||
| + | Tower was the son of a Methodist minister, born in Houston, Texas, on 29th September, 1925.<ref name=sp>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKtowerJ.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
| + | In 1990 [[George H. W. Bush]] appointed Tower as [[chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board]]. Tower published his autobiography, ''Consequences: A Personal and Political Memoir'' in 1991. | ||
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| + | ==Death== | ||
| + | John Tower was killed in a plane crash new New Brunswick, Georgia, on 5th April, 1991. According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' the “failure of a severely worn part in the plane’s propeller control unit caused the aircraft to spin out of control.” This was a day after his friend, [[John Heinz III]], was killed when his Piper Aerostar PA60 came down after colliding with a helicopter in Montgomery County.<ref name=sp> | ||
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| Born | John Goodwin Tower 1925-09-29 Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | 1991-04-05 (Age 65) Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Southwestern University, London School of Economics | |||||||||||
| Religion | United Methodism | |||||||||||
| Children | • Penny Marian • Jeanne | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Joza Lou Bullington | |||||||||||
| Member of | Church Committee, PIAB | |||||||||||
| Party | Democratic, Republican | |||||||||||
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John Tower was a US Senator and Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board until he died in a plane in 1991, one day after his friend, John Heinz III, was killed in an airplane incident.
Contents
Background
Tower was the son of a Methodist minister, born in Houston, Texas, on 29th September, 1925.[1]
Career
In 1990 George H. W. Bush appointed Tower as chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Tower published his autobiography, Consequences: A Personal and Political Memoir in 1991.
Death
John Tower was killed in a plane crash new New Brunswick, Georgia, on 5th April, 1991. According to the New York Times the “failure of a severely worn part in the plane’s propeller control unit caused the aircraft to spin out of control.” This was a day after his friend, John Heinz III, was killed when his Piper Aerostar PA60 came down after colliding with a helicopter in Montgomery County.<ref name=sp>
