Author: Martin Joseph Powers
Born: 1949
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/histart/people/faculty/ci.powersmartin_ci.detail">Martin Powers</a></b> (b. 1949) is the Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese art and culture at the University of Michigan, and a widely-published author on Chinese art and culture.  His books include <i>Pattern and Person: Ornament, Society, and Self in Classical China </i> (2006).  He is a two-time recipient of the Joseph Levenson Book Prize.  Powers received his undergraduate education at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, and his graduate training at the University of Chicago, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1978. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Martin_Powers#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)