Background
IV, Benjamin Harrison Powell, was born on February 2, 1915 in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Marian Leigh (Rather) P.
IV, Benjamin Harrison Powell, was born on February 2, 1915 in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Marian Leigh (Rather) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Military Institute, 1936; Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1939; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1940.
With firm, Powell, Wirtz, Rauhut & McGinnis (and predecessor), Austin, 1940-1941, 46-55; partner, Powell, Wirtz, Rauhut & McGinnis (and predecessor), 1947-1955; associate professor business law, University Texas, 1940-1941; executive vice president, director, general counsel, Brown & Root, Inc. (and domestic and foreign subsidiaries), Houston, 1955-1980; president, Bonito Offshore, Inc., 1980-1982. Senior Chairman, Board Of Directors American National Bank, Austin.
Trustee George C. Marshall Foundation Served to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1941-1945. Member Phi Delta Phi, Phi Delta Theta, Friars. Clubs: Lion (past director).
Married Kitty King Corbett, August 5, 1939. Children: Nancy (Mistress Harvin C. Moore III), Marian (Mistress James E. Osborne), Benjamin Harrison V, Katherine (Mistress Archibald Hill IV).