Background
Powell, David Clark was born on January 8, 1927 in Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. Came to the United States, 1944. Son of Harold Clark Powell and Margaret (Carey) Hargreaves.
Powell, David Clark was born on January 8, 1927 in Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. Came to the United States, 1944. Son of Harold Clark Powell and Margaret (Carey) Hargreaves.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957.
Aquarist, Marineland of the Pacific, Los Angeles, 1959-1962; assistant curator, Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, 1962-1965; curator of fishes, Sea World, San Diego, 1965-1974; curator, Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, 1974-1980; director husbandry, Monterey (California) Bay Aquarium, since 1980. Consultant New England Aquarium, Boston, Southern Carolina Marine Museum, Charleston, South Carolina., 1986-1990, Aquarium of the American mathematical society, New Orleans, 1987-1989, Dalien Aquarium, People's Republic of China, 1988.
Vice president Friends of the Monarchs, Pacific Grove, California, 1989-1991. Member Environmental Defense Fund, Planned Parenthood, World Wildlife Fund. Private United States Air Force, 1946-1947.
Fellow American Association Zoological Parks and Aquariums, American Association Aquatic Animal Medicine, American Elasmobranch Society. Member American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International.
Married Elizabeth Anne Powell, May 28, 1955. Children: Eve Navarro, Amy.