Albert E. Powers

Albert Ebenezer Powers (December 5, 1816 – June 17, 1910) was the acting president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1887-88.

He entered Rensselaer as a student in 1834, but stayed for only four months.

In 1841, he joined a business that was started by his father manufacturing oil cloth.

In 1861, he was appointed a trustee of Rensselaer and served as acting president in 1887-1888.

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