predecessor successor birth_place president nationality office birth_date term_start spouse birthname article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
donna tanoue sheila bair texas george w. bush american chairman of the federal deposit insurance corporation 2 may 1941 august 29 , 2001 twanna powell donald e. powell donald e. powell
 late 2005 donald e. powell banker west texas state university
donald e. powell

donald e. powell -lrb- born may 2 , 1941 -rrb- became the 18th chairman of the u.s. federal deposit insurance corporation -lrb- fdic -rrb- on august 29 , 2001 , and served through late 2005 .
he resigned to become federal coordinator of gulf coast recovery efforts following hurricanes katrina and rita .
prior to being named chairman of the fdic by george w. bush , powell was president and ceo of the first national bank of amarillo , tx .
he began his banking career in 1963 at first federal savings & loan of amarillo .
powell has served on a variety of boards , most notably as chairman of the board of regents of the texas a&m university system , advisory board member of the george bush school of government and public service , and chairman of the amarillo chamber of commerce .
powell has also been a member of the city of amarillo housing board and the boards of the franklin lindsay student aid fund , the cal farley 's boys ranch , high plains baptist hospital , and the harrington regional medical center .
powell received his bachelor of science degree in economics from west texas state university and is a graduate of the southwestern graduate school of banking at southern methodist university .
