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Memorial Milton E. Powell (1902–1975)

ABSTRACT

Milton E. Powell was born in St. Joseph, MO, on May 10, 1902. He was raised in Nebraska and Illinois and was graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1926. After a brief period as a Dairy Inspector in Chicago, he went to the University of Minnesota where he obtained a M.A. degree in Dairy Products in 1930. He received his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Missouri in 1935.

His first job after obtaining his doctorate was to establish research and control laboratories for Abbotts' Dairies, Inc., in Cameron, WI.

Powell joined Knudsen Corporation in 1940 as a chemist. On his return from the military service in World War II, he became Director of Research, a position he held until his retirement in 1967. He joined the Corps of Engineers in 1941 as a Captain and left active duty in the army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1946.