Lyman Pierson Powell

Background

Powell, Lyman Pierson was born on September 21, 1866 in Farmington, Delaware, United States. Son of James Ben Ralston and Mary Anna (Redden) Powell.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1890, graduate scholar, 1890-1892. Graduate student, University of Wisconsin, 1892-1893. Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1893-1895, university extension lecturer, 1893-1895.

Graduate Philadelphia Division School, 1897.

Doctor of Divinity, Dickinson, and Doctor of Laws, University Rochester, 1914.

Career

Deacon, 1897, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Minister, Ambler, Pennsylvania, 1897-1898. Rector Saint John's, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, 1898-1903, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1904-1912.

Professor business ethics, New York University, 1912-1913.

President Hobart College and William Smith College, 1913-1918. Vice-president Association American Colleges, 1917-1918.

Rector Saint Margaret’s Church, New York City, 1926-1935. Lectured 1,500 times throughout United States and Canada since 1892.

Achievements

• Lyman Pierson Powell has been listed as a notable author, editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Gertrude Wilson, June 20, 1899. Children: Talcott Williams, Francis Wilson.

Father:

James Ben Ralston Powell

Mother:

Mary Anna (Redden) Powell

Spouse:

Gertrude Wilson

child:

Francis Wilson Powell

child:

Talcott Williams Powell