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2010
Thomas W. Power, 80, a 55-year tax and labor lawyer in the restaurant
industry, died Aug. 10 at a medical center in Lewes, Del., of pneumonia. At
the time of his death, he was senior partner at Power & Power, a law firm he
founded with his daughter in 1995.
In 1958, Mr. Power opened the D.C. headquarters of the National Restaurant
Association and became its general counsel. In 1963, he started a law firm
representing members of the restaurant industry. That same year, he was the
spokesman for the National Restaurant Association at the White House
Conference on Civil Rights, at the invitation of President John F. Kennedy.
Mr. Power also founded the Food Service and Lodging Institute, now the
National Council of Chain Restaurants. There, he represented the legislative,
regulatory and judicial interests of chain restaurant owners and their
employees for 35 years.
In addition to his law pursuits, he owned two restaurants on K Street in the
1980s, Alfredo's Garden and Alfredo's Pizzeria. In the late 1980s, he was a
partner and developer of a condominium project in Little Falls, N.J.
Thomas William Power was born April 27, 1930, in New Haven, Conn. He
moved to Washington as a child and graduated from Gonzaga College High
School in 1948. He graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in
economics in 1953. He received a law degree in 1955 and a master of laws
degree in taxation in 1957, both from Georgetown's law school.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, June Boykin Power of Washington;
four children, Mark Power of Armonk, N.Y., Tracy Power of Washington,
June Blocklin of Larchmont, N.Y., and Grace Kalnas of Pittsburgh; a brother,
James Power of Mitchellville; 11 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
-- Megan Buerger
Thomas W. Power, 80, a 55-year tax and labor lawyer in the restaurant
industry, died Aug. 10 at a medical center in Lewes, Del., of pneumonia. At
the time of his death, he was senior partner at Power & Power, a law firm he
founded with his daughter in 1995.
In 1958, Mr. Power opened the D.C. headquarters of the National Restaurant
Association and became its general counsel. In 1963, he started a law firm
representing members of the restaurant industry. That same year, he was the
spokesman for the National Restaurant Association at the White House
Conference on Civil Rights, at the invitation of President John F. Kennedy.
Mr. Power also founded the Food Service and Lodging Institute, now the
National Council of Chain Restaurants. There, he represented the legislative,
regulatory and judicial interests of chain restaurant owners and their
employees for 35 years.
In addition to his law pursuits, he owned two restaurants on K Street in the
1980s, Alfredo's Garden and Alfredo's Pizzeria. In the late 1980s, he was a
partner and developer of a condominium project in Little Falls, N.J.
Thomas William Power was born April 27, 1930, in New Haven, Conn. He
moved to Washington as a child and graduated from Gonzaga College High
School in 1948. He graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in
economics in 1953. He received a law degree in 1955 and a master of laws
degree in taxation in 1957, both from Georgetown's law school.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, June Boykin Power of Washington;
four children, Mark Power of Armonk, N.Y., Tracy Power of Washington,
June Blocklin of Larchmont, N.Y., and Grace Kalnas of Pittsburgh; a brother,
James Power of Mitchellville; 11 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
-- Megan Buerger