| Lewis F. Powell, Jr.  AKA Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Born: 19-Sep-1907
Birthplace: Suffolk, VA
Died: 25-Aug-1998
Location of death: Richmond, VA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 Military service: US Army (WWII, Europe and North Africa, Col.) Author of the Powell Memorandum, whose proper title was "Attack on American Free Enterprise System." Written in August 1971, the secret position paper urged the US Chamber of Commerce to aggressively fight back against the propagandists working to undermine the American economic system: Communists, leftist intellectuals, and Ralph Nader. Powell proposed that the Chamber of Commerce devote unprecedented sums of money to establish pro-business think tanks, in order to provide a countervailing force against their Marxist foes. His recommendations were adopted. Two months later, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Powell for the Supreme Court. Father: Lewis F. Powell, Sr.
Mother: Mary Lewis Gwathmey
Sister: Eleanor Gwathmey Powell (b. 31-Jul-1909)
Brother: Angus (twin, b. 20-Mar-1914, d. 1979)
Sister: Zoe (twin, b. 20-Mar-1914)
Wife: Josephine Pierce Rucker (m. 1936, d. 24-Jul-1996, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Josephine McRae Smith ("Jody", b. 1-Jul-1938)
Daughter: Ann Pendleton Bowen ("Penny", b. 19-Sep-1940)
Daughter: Mary Lewis Gwathmey Sumner (b. 1-Jul-1947)
Son: Lewis F. Powell III (b. 14-Sep-1952)
High School: McGuire's University School, Richmond, VA (1925)
University: BS Commerce, Washington and Lee University (1929)
Law School: LLB, Washington and Lee University (1931)
University: LLM, Harvard Law School (1932)
Teacher: Economics, University of Richmond (1938-41)
Trustee: Union Theological Seminary
Trustee: Washington and Lee University
US Supreme Court Justice 7-Jan-1972 to 26-Jun-1987 (resigned)
Virginia State Official Board of Education (1961-69)
Member of the Board of Philip Morris 1963-71
Member of the Board of Squibb Mar-1946
Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore 1935
Christian, Barton & Parker 1932-35
Alfalfa Club
American Bar Association President (1964-65)
American Bar Foundation President (1969-71)
American College of Trial Lawyers President (1969-70)
American Law Institute
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Trustee
Society of Colonial Wars
Tobacco Institute
Virginia Bar Association 1931
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Phi Kappa Sigma
Bronze Star
Croix de Guerre
Legion of Merit
Appendectomy 1924
Traveled to the USSR 1958
Prostate Surgery Jan-1985
Hernia Operation Jul-1985
Risk Factors: Appendicitis, Pacemaker
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