Background
Powers, Philip Nathan was born on August 17, 1912 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel Ralph and Eda (Olds) Powers.
Powers, Philip Nathan was born on August 17, 1912 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel Ralph and Eda (Olds) Powers.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1940; General Education Board fellow, University of Chicago, 1940-1941.
Association science, New College Teachers College, Columbia, 1932-1935;
associate, New College Community, 1937-1938;
instructor natural science, Stephens College, 1939-1942;
physicist, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1942-1944;
training director, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1944-1946;
chief science education branch, Office Naval Research, 1946;
adviser science personnel, President' Science Research Board, 1947;
adviser science personnel, Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1950;
manpower specialist, secretary science manpower advising committee, NSRB, 1950-1951;
consultant, NSRB, 1953;
director atomic project, Monsanto Chemical Company, 1951-1955;
Chairman of the Board, Internuclear Company, Clayton, Missouri, 1955-1959;
president, Internuclear Company, 1955-1960;
professor nuclear engineering, Purdue University, 1960-1978;
head School Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1960-1973;
director Energy Engineering Center, Purdue University, 1973-1978;
professor emeritus, Purdue University, 1978-1988;
acting director Coal Research Laboratory, Purdue University, 1977-1978;
associate director engineering experiment station, Purdue University, 1960-1961;
director engineering experiment station, Purdue University, 1961-1968;
also vice president Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue University, 1961-1962. Chairman council Association Midwest Universities, 1964-1965. Chairman nuclear engineering education committee Associate Midwest Universities, 1964-1965.
Trustee, Executive Committee Argonne Universities Association, 1965-1972, president, 1966-1972. Director Atomic Industrial Forum, 1968-1974. Chairman Great Lakes-Great Plains advisory council, 1973-1974.
Consultant commission on specialized personnel ODM, 1951-1963, member committee manpower resources, 1953. Consultant National Science Foundation, 1952-1957, Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-1968, Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship Board, 1964-1966, Select Committee Government Research, House of Representatives, 1964-1965, President's Committee Scientists and Engineers, 1956-1958, Department of State, 1957, New York University planning international activities, 1958-1959. Member Commision on Survey of Dentistry.
Chairman atomic energy panel Engineers Joint Council, 1956-1958. Ex-officio member Indiana Governor's Energy Committee, 1973-1976. Member Congressmen Landgrebe'sEnergy Crisis Study Commission, 1973-1974.
Member panel National Academy Sciences forKorea-United States Joint Committee for Science Cooperation, 1973. Member Executive Committee Indiana Governor's Energy Committee, 1974-1978. Member ad hoc panel on mechanisms for providing science advice to State Indiana, 1974-1976.
Chairman Indiana Select Committee on Energy Research and Development, 1977. Director United States National Committee World Energy Conference, 1977-1979. Member of advisory board Schnurmacher Institute Vision Research, State University of New York/State College Optometry, 1983-1986.
Consultant Commonwealth Edison Company, 1978-1979.
Trustee Optometric Center New York, 1986-1988. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Nuclear Society (director 1963-1966, member executive committee aerospace division 1963-1965), American Society for Engineering Education (chairman atomic energy education committee 1953-1957, chairman committee on space engineering 1962-1966, chairman graduate studies division 1965-1966), United States Chamber of Commerce (national defense committee 1953-1959, committee on commercial uses atomic energy 1959-1962, committee on new frontiers of technical 1960-1963), American Nuclear Society, American Society Engineering Education, Indiana Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Ritchie, April 25, 1936 (divorced). 1 child, Cameron; married Evelyne Schanze, May 22, 1959. Stepchildren— Jacques le Sourd, Liliane Maginot.