Background
Powell, Fred Wilbur was born on July 21, 1881 in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Orion Alvarado and Sarah Matilda (Dunn) Powell.
Powell, Fred Wilbur was born on July 21, 1881 in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Orion Alvarado and Sarah Matilda (Dunn) Powell.
Graduated from the high school, Palmer, Massachusetts, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1904, Master of Arts, 1905. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1918.
1 son, Rowland. With Haskins and Sells, certified public accountants, New York, 1905. Successively in employ Bureau Municipal Research, New York and Philadelphia (director Philadelphia Bureau 1909-1911), Peter White (Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Saint Louis, Missouri), Haskins and Sells (Chicago), and again with Bureau Municipal Research (New York) until 1917 (editor, 1914-1916). Research associate University of California, 1917-1918.
Trade commissioner at London, England., 1919.
Chief of European Division, United States Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1920. Senior member of staff Institute for Government Research (incorporated in Brookings Institution since 1928), Washington, District of Columbia, 1920-1943.
Statistician United States: Board of Arbitration, Conductors and Trainmen versus Railroads, in Eastern territory, 1912. Chief Division of Tabulation and Statistics, United States War Trade Board, 1918-1919.
Member research staff, Federal Coördinator of Transportation, 1933.
Research consultant National Planning Board, 1934.
Club: Cosmos.
Married Sophy Hill Hulsizer, October 4, 1910 (died May 2, 1937). Married second, Mary Kenneth Maner, August 19, 1939.