Background
Powell, Burnele Venable was born on March 5, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Lorenzo Roland and Teola (Sykes) Powell.
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Burnele Venable Venable Powell
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University of Missouri, Kansas City (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Wisconsin (Juris Doctor, 1973). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1979).
Career
Associate regional counsel, Housing and Urban Development, Boston, 1973-1977;
graduate law teaching fellow, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1979;
assistant professor, U. North Carolina School Law, Chapel Hill, 1979-1984;
associate professor, U. North Carolina School Law, Chapel Hill, 1984-1988;
professor, U. North Carolina School Law, Chapel Hill, since 1988;
associate dean, U. North Carolina School Law, Chapel Hill, 1990-1993;
dean, U. Missouri School Law, Kansas City, since 1995. Visiting associate professor of law U. Oregon School Law, Eugene, 1987. Visiting professor lawWashington U., St. Louis, summer 1990.
Consultant Administrative Conference United States, Washington, 1983-1986. Arbitrator National Future Administration, Chicago, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Consumers Union, since 1997, Planned Parenthood of Orange and Durham Counties, since 1992, American Lung Association Missouri, since 1997. Member American Bar Association (committees since 1987, chairman standing commission on professional discipline since 1991, North Carolina ethics committee 1990-1992, chairman governing committee Professional Responsibility Center since 1997), American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1990-1991), American Law Institute, American Bar Foundation, Association American Law Schools (committees since 1981), Missouri Bar Association (chairman venue committee since 1997, member foresight committee since 1997), Midwest Bioethics Association (board directors since 1997).
Connections
Married Brenda Joyce Venable, June30, 1973. Children: Bradley Venable, Berkeley Venable.
