James L. Powers
James Legrand Powers (1871, Odessa - November, 8, 1927, New York) - American inventor and entrepreneur, the founder of "Powers Accounting Machine Company".
Biography
James Legrand Powers was born in Odessa (then Russian Empire) in 1871, nothing else is known about his early life. He graduated from the Technical School of Odessa and worked in Odessa University shop. In 1889 he emigrated to the United States.
Sources
• Martin Campbell-Kelly. Chapter Four: Punched-Card Machinery in Computing Before Computers edited by William Aspray. (Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1990)
