Background
Powers, Robert Lawrence was born on April 3, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Lawrence Robert and Audrey Buchanan Powers.
Powers, Robert Lawrence was born on April 3, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Lawrence Robert and Audrey Buchanan Powers.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Mathematics United States Naval Academy, 1964. Master of Science in Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1972.
Commissioned officer United States Navy, 1964, officer, 1964-1981. Commanding officer United States Ship Fairfax County, Norfolk, Virginia, 1981-1983. Chief staff officer Amphibious Squadron 10, 1983-1985.
Senior analyst Sonalysts, Inc., 1985-1992. Training coordinator Fleet Tactical Readings Group, 1992-1998. Senior doctrine writer Fleet Information Warfare Center, 1998—2000, with experimentation division, 2001—2004.
Adjunct professor United States Naval War College, Norfolk, since 1985.
Co-founder Children's Council Son of Hampton Rds., Norfolk, 1998. Member Naval War College Foundation. Member United States Naval Institute, Retired Officers Association, Kiwanis (Hixson fellow 1993, webmaster capital district since 1998, editor Great Bridge Kiwanis Newsletter since 1998, governor 1998-1999, Circle K international circle of service), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (Crystal award for distance education 2002), Sigma Xi.
Married Susan McCormick, June 13, 1964. Children: Jennifer Powers Kane, Megan Powers Dosher.