Michael Steele
Michael Steele after his election to the chairmanship of the Republican Party, 2009.
Michael Steele
American politician
Also known as: Michael Stephen Steele
Michael Steele (born October 19, 1958, Andrews Air Force Base, Prince Georgeās county, Maryland, U.S.) is an American politician, the first African American to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC; 2009ā2011). Steele attended Johns Hopkins University, where he received a B.A. (1981) in international relations. A devout Roman Catholic, he studied for the priesthood for several years at a seminary associated with Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Georgetown University...