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Colbert Isaiah King (born September 20, 1939) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the ''Washington Post''. He is deputy editor of the ''Post'' King earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Howard University in 1961. Before joining the staff of the ''Washington Post'' on August 1, 1990, King served as: *U.S. Army officer with the Adjutant General's Corps (1961–1963) *Special officer for the United States Department of State (1964–1980) *Worker for the Volunteers in Service to America (1971–1972) *Minority staff director of the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia (1972–1976), where he helped draft the District of Columbia Home Rule Act *Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department (1976–1979) *U.S. executive director to the World Bank (1979–1980) *Executive vice president of the Middle East and Africa at Riggs Bank (1980–1990) In 2003, King won the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for his against the grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom". He was a regular television panelist on the weekly political discussion show ''Inside Washington'' until the show ceased production in December 2013.〔(Farhi, Paul, "After more than 40 years, ‘Inside Washington’ will go off the air," washingtonpost.com, September 8, 2013. )〕 King lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Gwendolyn Stewart King. They have three children. His son, Rob King, is editor-in-chief at ESPN.com. ==References== 〔 * *(【引用サイトリンク】 Colbert King: Biography ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colbert I. King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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