J.C. Powell

Dr. Julius Cherry Powell (1926–1988) was an American academic teacher and the seventh president of Eastern Kentucky University. Julius Cherry Powell was born January 23, 1926 in Harriman, Tennessee to Julius K. and Lucille C. Powell. He graduated from Harrodsburg High School in 1944 and then attended the University of Kentucky after two years in the military. He received his Master of Education Degree from the University of Louisville in 1952 and later received his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Kentucky in 1970. Powell served as a high school mathematics teacher at Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky from 1950 until 1953. From 1953 to 1957 he held a variety of positions including Assistant Director of...