POWERS, LEON WALTER
Attorney; b Webster Co, Iowa June 12, 1888; s of Walter Powers-Katherine Mcintyre; ed Webster Co; Tobin Co Ill; U of Iowa, BA 1912; U of Chicago, JD 1914; Delta Chi; m Blanid Lally June 28, 1916 Denison; s James Perry, Walter; d Mary Katherine, Patricia Ann; 1914 mbr law firm, Feltensol, Beckwith, Spangler & Wilson, Chicago; 1914-24 mbr law firm Conner & Powers, Denison; 1924-30 prac law, Denison; 1930- mbr Powers & Gilchrist; 1918-22 mbr House of Rep; 1934-36 justice of Iowa supreme court; mbr lib bd; 1936 gen agt & gen counsel for FCA, Omaha, chmn of dirs Fed Land Bank of Omaha, Fed Intermediate Credit Bank, Omaha Bank for Co-op & PCA; Crawford Co, Iowa St & Amer Bar Assns; C of C; Cath Ch; Dem, del to 1924 natl conv New York City, del to 1932 natl conv, Chicago; hobby: fishing; off Crawford Co Trust & Savings Bank; res 1516 Second Ave South, Denison.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 331.
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