Background
Powers, William Edmonds was born on December 8, 1907 in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William F. and Cecilia T. (Edmonds) Powers.
Powers, William Edmonds was born on December 8, 1907 in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William F. and Cecilia T. (Edmonds) Powers.
Bachelor of Science, Perkins Institute, 1932. Juris Doctor, Boston University, 1935. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Boston University, 1958.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bryant College, 1951. DJS (honorary), Suffolk University, 1970.
Private practice, Bristol County, 1935-1946; private practice, Rhode Island, 1946-1989; judge, Cumberland Probate Court, 1936-1949; attorney general, State of Rhode Island, 1949-1958; associate justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958-1973.
Member Rhode Island House of Representatives, 1939-1940, chairman committee on rules and order, 1947-1949, on judiciary, 1941-1949, chairman legislation executive joint committee on insurance, 1946-1949, member Commission on Inter-State Government, from 1946. President Rhode Island Constitutional Convention, 1973. Member American Medical Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, Elks, Knights of Columbus, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Esther J. Johnson, September 2, 1932 (deceased July 1969). Children: Esther Mary, Barbara Ann, Michael Andrew. Married Olive D. Higgins, December 28, 1970.