Background
Powers, Edward Michael was born on September 4, 1892 in LeRoy, Illinois, United States.
Powers, Edward Michael was born on September 4, 1892 in LeRoy, Illinois, United States.
Graduate, Air Corps Engineer School, 1931. Graduate, Tactical School, 1936.
Enlisted, Signal Corps Reserve, 1917; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1920; advanced through grades to major general, United States Army, 1945; military observer, Office of Military Attaché, London, 1941; Army Air Forces representative aircraft scheduling unit, Army Air Forces Materiel Center, Dayton, Ohio., 1942-1943; Army member Joint Production Survey Committee, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, 1943; assistant chief, Air Staff for Materiel and Superior vena cava syndrome, 1945; appointed member, National Advisory Committee for Aero., 1945; chairman independent division, Air Coordinating Committee, 1946; vice-president, director engineering, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Wood-Ridge, New Jersey general manager, Wright Aero division owner, Engineer of Mines Powers, Associations. Board directors Chris-Craft Industries, Walter Kidde & Company, Inc.
Fellow Institute Aeronautical Sciences.