Background
Powers, Walter was born on August 3, 1885 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Wilbur Howard and Emily (Owen) Powers.
Powers, Walter was born on August 3, 1885 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Wilbur Howard and Emily (Owen) Powers.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1909.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1908. Member firm Powers, Folsom & Powers, 1909-1917, Sherburne, Powers & Needham, Boston, since 1919.
Member Massachusetts Board Bar Examiners (secretary 1940-1953, chairman since 1953). Served to major Ordance Department, United States Army. Member American College Trial Lawyers, National Conference Bar Examiners (chairman 1956-1957), American, Massachusetts, Boston (counci.
1931-1937, 38-41, 42—, chairman grievance committee 1940-1941, 42-46, president 1948-1950) bar associations, American Law Institute, Casque and Gauntlet, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Republican Unitarian. Clubs: Country (Brookline).
Married Ethel Louise Carver, January 29, 1910. Children: Wilbur Langdon, Walter.