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GEORGE HAROLD POWELL

 

 

POWELL, GEORGE HAROLD, Gen. Mgr., Cal. Fruit Growers’ Exchange, Los Angeles Cal., was born in Ghent, N. Y., Feb. 8 1872, a son of George Townsend Powell and Marcia R. (Chase) Powell.  He married Gertrude E. Clarke at Buffalo, N. Y., July 1, 1896.  Children, Harold Clark, George Townsend and Lawrence Chase Powell.

            He was educated in schools of New York State, graduating from College of Agriculture, Cornell Univ., in 1895, with the degree of B. S. in Agriculture.  Appointed Fellow in Horticulture at Cornell, 1896, and took degree in M. S. in Agriculture.  Then became Horticulturist at Del. College of Agriculture Experiment Sta., Newark, Del., and in 1901 took charge of fruit storage and transportation investigations for the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.  These had a far-reaching effect upon commercial fruit handling practices.  Appointed, 1910, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; served as acting Chief that year.  Located in Los Angeles, 1911, as Sec-Mgr. of the Citrus Protective League and in campaigns to prevent removal of duty on citrus fruits accumulated the most comprehensive data concerning cost of producing oranges and lemons ever brought together in an agricultural industry.  Also organized investigations relative to upbuilding the citrus industry.

            In 1912, he was elected Gen. Mgr., Cal Fruit Growers’ Exchange, largest co-operative organization for distributing fruit crops in the world.  His extensive writings for the Government on fruit growing and handling are accepted as authorities.  He represented U. S. Govt. at first International Congress of Refrigerating Industries at Paris in 1909, and is Vice. Pres. of the third Congress, scheduled for Chicago in 1913.  He is Consulting Pomologist of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and a member of the Cosmos Club, Washington D. C.

 

 

Transcribed By:  Michele Y. Larsen on 17 November 2011.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 842, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2011 Michele Y. Larsen.

 

 

 

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