Background
Powell, Joseph Wright was born on February 15, 1877 in Oswego, New York, United States. Son of Elisha Barclay and Addie Gay (Wright) Powell.
Powell, Joseph Wright was born on February 15, 1877 in Oswego, New York, United States. Son of Elisha Barclay and Addie Gay (Wright) Powell.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1897. 2 years special post-graduate course in naval architecture at same. Graduated from the University of Glasgow, 1900.
Assistant naval constructor United States Navy until 1906. Assistant to president Cramp’s Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, 1906-1914. President Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1914-1921.
Vice president Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited., 1917-1921.
President United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1921-1922. President United Shipyards, 1930-1939.
Director, member Executive Committee Republic Aviation Corporation, American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Eastern Steamship Lincolnshire, Incorporated., Boston. Director International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, New York, General Capital Corporation, Boston: member Progressive Trust, Boston.
Engaged in engineering projects relating to shipbuilding and shipping, since 1944.
Board of managers American Bureau Shipping, New York President emeritus, trustee Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology.
Served on flagship New York, Spanish-American War. Special assistant to secretary of Navy, deputy chief procurement and material. Navy Department, Washington, 1940-1944.
Past president Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
Member Institute Naval Architects. Clubs: Country, Somerset (Boston), India House, University (New York).
Married Bertha Allen Osterhout, September 7, 1899.