Background
Powers, Sidney was born on September 10, 1890 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Albert W. and Tillie (Page) Powers.
Powers, Sidney was born on September 10, 1890 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Albert W. and Tillie (Page) Powers.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1911. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1913. Sheldon traveling fellow to Hawaiian Island, Harvard, 1915, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1915, research fellow, 1915-1916.
Division geologist Texas Company, 1916-1917. Assistant geologist United States Geological Survey, 1917-1918. Geological officer, American Expeditionary Force, United States of America, 1918-1919.
Chief geologist Amerada Petroleum Corporation, 1919-1926, consulting geologist, since 1926.
Fellow Geological Society America (councilor 1931-1933).
Married Dorothy Edwards Powers, September 8, 1917. Children: Deborah, Eleanor.