Powers, Joshua B. (Joshua Bryant), 1963-

Biographical Note

Joshua B. Powers, 1892-

• 1892, August 25: born, Owensboro, Kentucky
• 1911 - 1913 : student, University of Texas
• 1926 - 1972 : representative, La Prensa, Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina, and other publications, New York City also: manager, United Press Association, Buenos Aires; chairman of Joshua B. Powers, Inc.; representative of newspapers in foreign countries recipient, U.S. Cabot award Columbia University; Commendator Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile); Official Ordem Cruzeiro Do Sul (Brazil); gold medal Pan American Society author, Argentina's New Freedom

Homer Lea, 1876-1912

• 1876, November 17: born, Denver, Colorado
• 1894 - 1896 : student, Occidental College, Los Angeles
• 1897 - 1900 : student, Stanford University
• 1900 - 1901 : Lieutenant-General, Imperial Reform Army, China, under Kang Yu Wei, Grand President Chinese Empire Reform Association
• 1900: undertook relief of Kwang Hsu, Emperor of China
• 1902 - 1904 : organized Chinese military schools in U.S. and Chinese Imperial Army (C.I.A.)
• 1908: author, The Vermillion Pencil
• 1909: author, The Valor of Ignorance
• 1910 - 1912 : military adviser to Sun Yat-Sen
• 1912: author, The Day of the Saxon

From the guide to the Joshua B. Powers Collection, 1876-1969, (Hoover Institution Archives)