Background
Powell, Clilan Bethany was born on August 8, 1894 in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Everett and Eliza (Lundy) Powell.
Powell, Clilan Bethany was born on August 8, 1894 in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Everett and Eliza (Lundy) Powell.
Graduate, Virginia Normal College, 1913. Doctor of Medicine, Howard University, 1920.
Roentgenologist,, 1922; x-ray specialist,, New York City, 1922-1933; 1st vice president, Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1933; president, Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1940-1959; president, Personal Loan Company, 1935-1959; president, editor, New York Amsterdam News, Community Finance Corporation. Chairman of the Board Unity Funeral Homes, New York City, Brooklyn, Bronx.
Member of New York State Commission World's Fair, 1964, 65, New York State Athletic Commission, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Boys of Yesteryear, also others. Assistant publicity director National Republican Campaign Committee, 1944. Member Omega Psi Phi. M C.
Married Lena A. Dukes, October 9, 1938.