This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pBC.2ACE/3884.2 Message Board Post: Seattle Times, April 10, 1989. Paraphrased: Francis F. Powers, 87, dean of the University of Washington's College of Education for 21 years, died in his Seattle home last Thursday. He was born in Hastings, Nebraska, raised in Tacoma, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in 1923 and went on to complete his doctorate degree. Powers became an instructor in education at the U of W and became dean of the College of Education until 1961. Survivors include his wife, Oma, and a brother, Clarke J. Burial will be in Eugene, Oregon. The Seattle P-I states the memorial service was held at the Acacia Funeral Home.