William F. Powers

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William F. Powers (born 1940) is a former Vice President of Research for the Ford Motor Company. In 1992 he was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Powers earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Florida, then a master's degree in engineering in 1966 and a Ph.D. in engineer in 1968 from the University of Texas at Austin. He was with Ford Motor Company from 1979 until 2000. He was with NASA in the 1960s.

He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1993 for leadership in advancing research and development of automotive technology.

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