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Eugene Barnum Power

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Eugene Barnum Power

Birth
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA
Death
6 Dec 1993 (aged 88)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 45 Lot 10
Memorial ID
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Son of Glenn Warren Power and Annette (Barnum) Power; married, June 17, 1929, to Sadye L. Harwick (died 1991); father of Philip H. Power (who married Sarah Goddard). Member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1955, 1963. Member, Rotary. Founder of University Microfilms in 1938; merged with Xerox Corporation 1962.


Inscription reads:
An entrepreneur and inventor, he founded University Microfilms, Inc. A public servant, he was a Regent of the University of Michigan. A Philanthropist, he founded the Power Foundation. Honored by a knighthood, he lives in the memory of his family as "An Edition of One."
--- by Twist
Son of Glenn Warren Power and Annette (Barnum) Power; married, June 17, 1929, to Sadye L. Harwick (died 1991); father of Philip H. Power (who married Sarah Goddard). Member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1955, 1963. Member, Rotary. Founder of University Microfilms in 1938; merged with Xerox Corporation 1962.


Inscription reads:
An entrepreneur and inventor, he founded University Microfilms, Inc. A public servant, he was a Regent of the University of Michigan. A Philanthropist, he founded the Power Foundation. Honored by a knighthood, he lives in the memory of his family as "An Edition of One."
--- by Twist


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