Charles William Powers

Background

Powers, Charles William was born on September 29, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond Allen and Elizabeth Browne (Miller) Powers.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1963; Master of Divinity with honors, Union Theological Seminary, 1966; diploma, University of Oxford, 1965; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1969.

Career

Instructor Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1968-1969, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1969. Assistant professor Yale University, New Haven, 1969-1972, associate professor, 1972-1975. Director public responsibility Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, Indiana, 1975-1976, executive director corporation responsibility, 1976-1978, vice president public policy, 1978-1980.

Founding executive director The Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1984. Founding president Clean Sites, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, 1984-1987. Founding principal Resources for Responsible Management, Boston, since 1987.

Consultant hazardous waste management Appropriations Committee United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1987-1988. President Resources for Responsible Site Management, Boston, 1989-1993, Institute for Responsible Management, Boston, since 1985. Founding executive director Institute for Evaluating Health Risks, Irvine California, also Washington, 1989.

Founding executive director Consortium for Risk Eval. and Stakeholder Participation, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1995-2001. Lecturer ethics Tufts University, 1989-1992, professor environmental and community medicine University Medicine and Denistry, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson School Medical. Member editorial boards Environmental Business Journal, since 1989, Journal Industrial Ecology, since 1995.

Achievements

• Charles William Powers has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental ethicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Ethics in the education of business managers (The Teaching of ethics ; 5)

    (Book by Powers, Charles W)

Membership

Member advisory council The Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government, 1989-1993. Board directors The Climate Institute, 1987-1993. Member advisory committee Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Inc.

1988-1998; board directors Clean Sites, Inc., 1984-1998, Health Effects Institute Asbestos Research, 1989-1993. Counselor United States Senator Bill Bradley, 1993.

Connections

Married Barbara Ley Toffler, April 17, 1982. Children: Samuel Bruce Toffler, Anna Laura Elizabeth Powers, Aaron Michael Toffler, Catherine Linnea Powers, Judith Nell Toffler.

Father:

Raymond Allen Powers

Mother:

Elizabeth Browne (Miller) Powers

Spouse:

Barbara Ley Toffler

child:

Samuel Bruce Toffler Powers

child:

Anna Laura Elizabeth Powers

child:

Aaron Michael Toffler Powers

child:

Catherine Linnea Powers

child:

Judith Nell Toffler Powers