Please answer the following question: What key details about charles colson can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: charles '' chuck '' wendell colson -lrb- october 16 , 1931 -- april 21 , 2012 -rrb- 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 while he was alive included colson 's daily radio commentary , breakpoint , which was heard in its original format on more than 1,400 outlets across the united states . 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 . colson received 15 honorary doctorates , and in 1993 was awarded the templeton prize for progress in religion , the world 's largest annual award -lrb- over us$ 1 million -rrb- in the field of religion , given to a person who '' has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life 's spiritual dimension '' . he donated this prize to further the work of prison fellowship , as he did all his speaking fees and royalties . in 2008 , he was...
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- president is richard nixon- birth name is charles wendell colson- party is republican- predecessor is new office- birth date is 16 october 1931- order is special -rrb- counsel to the president -lrb- for public liaison- death date is 21 april 2012- spouse is nancy patricia ann hughes -lrb- married 1964 -rrb- billings -lrb- married 1953 , divorced 1964 -rrb-- term end is march 10 , 1973- name is charles colson- website is -lsb- http://pfm.org pfm.org -rsb- http://colsoncenter.org colsoncenter.org -rsb- -lsb- http://breakpoint.org breakpoint.org -rsb- -lsb-- death place is falls church , virginia- birth place is boston , massachusetts- successor is william j. baroody , jr. .- nationality is american- occupation is lawyer , blogger , prisoner , author , activist , marine- alma mater is brown university george washington university law school- children is wendell billings -lrb- 1956 -rrb- and emily ann -lrb- 1958 -rrb- ball ii -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- , christian- term start is november 6 , 1969- image is chuck colson.jpg- religion is christian -lrb- southern baptist -rrb-