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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