A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
A son of Glenn Warren Power and Annette (Barnum) Power; married, June 17, 1929, to Sadye L. Harwick (died 1991); father of Philip H. Power (who married Sarah Goddard). Member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1955, 1963. Member, Rotary. Founder of University Microfilms in 1938; merged with Xerox Corporation 1962.
His gravestone inscription reads: An entrepreneur and inventor, he founded University Microfilms, Inc. A public servant, he was a Regent of the University of Michigan. A Philanthropist, he founded the Power Foundation. Honored by a knighthood, he lives in the memory of his family as "An Edition of One."
A Research Guide to the Genealogy of the Barnum/Barnam/Barnham Family Worldwide
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