Albert E. Powers
American academic
Albert Ebenezer Powers (December 5, 1816 – June 17, 1910) was the acting president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1887-88. He was born in Lansingburgh, New York. He entered Rensselaer as a student in 1834, but stayed for only four months. He married Frances Elizabeth Hanford in 1839, but she died in 1850. In 1841, he joined a business that was started by his father manufacturing oil cloth. In 1857, he married his second wife, Lucy Clark Allen. In 1861, he was appointed a trustee of Rensselaer and served as acting president in 1887-1888.
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Preceded by William Gurley | President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1887 – 1888 | Succeeded by John H. Peck |
References
- Presidents of RPI: Albert E. Powers
- Albert Ebenezer Powers (1816 - 1910) - Find A Grave
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Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Blatchford (1824–28)
- Chester (1828–29)
- Nott (1829–45)
- Beman (1845–65)
- Winslow (1865–68)
- Brinsmade (1868)
- Forsyth (1868–86)
- Gurley (acting, 1886–87)
- Powers (acting, 1887–88)
- Peck (1888–1901)
- Ricketts (1901–34)
- Hotchkiss (1935–43)
- Houston (1943–58)
- Folsom (1958–71)
- Grosh (1971–76)
- Low (1976–84)
- Berg (1984–87)
- Landgraf (acting, 1987–88)
- Schmitt (1988–93)
- Pipes (1993–98)
- Barton (1998–99)
- Jackson (1999–2022)
- Schmidt (2022– )
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