David Powers

Dave Powers
Special Assistant to the President
In office
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byC. D. Jackson
Succeeded byJack Valenti
Personal details
Born
David Francis Powers

(1912-04-25)April 25, 1912
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 28, 1998(1998-03-28) (aged 85)
Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Josephine Lynch
(m. 1952)
Children3
EducationCharlestown High School
OccupationSpecial Assistant to President Kennedy
First curator of the JFK Library and Museum
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceU.S. Army Air Forces
Years of service1942–1945
RankMaster Sergeant
UnitFourteenth Air Force
Battles/warsWorld War II

David Francis Powers (April 25, 1912 – March 28, 1998)[1] was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 until his retirement in May 1994.[2] Powers was a military veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Powers was also a close friend of Kennedy.[3]

  1. ^ Stevenson, Richard W. (March 28, 1998). "David Powers, 85, Aide to John Kennedy, Dies". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "Dave Powers, First Museum Curator". www.jfklibrary.org. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ^ Dallek 2013, pp. 109–110.