Biography:James B. Owens
James B. Owens | |
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Born | Houston, Texas , U.S. | July 23, 1920
Died | November 2, 2009 Lincolnshire, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 89)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Rice University |
Spouse(s) | Bette Craig |
Children | Craig Owens (critic), Eric Owens [1] |
Awards | IEEE Founders Medal (1987) |
James Beverly[2] Owens (July 23, 1920 – November 2, 2009) was an American engineer and company executive.
Owens was born in Houston, Texas in July 1920.[3][4] He attended Rice University and also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Westinghouse Advanced Electrical Design School. During World War II, he worked for Westinghouse as a designer of military radar technology. He later served as president of Gould-Brown Boveri, an electrical equipment distributor. He was the president of the IEEE in 1983 as well as on its board of directors from 1981 to 1984.[5] He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1987 "for exemplary and inspirational leadership, distinguished service, and administrative excellence in electric power engineering and the electrical engineering profession".[6] Owens died in Lincolnshire, Illinois in November 2009 at the age of 89.[7]
References
- ↑ ETHW: James B. Owens
- ↑ The Thresher, October 25, 1940
- ↑ "IEEE Membership Directory". 2001. https://books.google.com/books?id=LhdTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Owens,+James%22+IEEE.
- ↑ James Beverly Owens in the Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
- ↑ ETHW: James B. Owens
- ↑ "Archived copy". https://www.ieee.org/documents/founders_rl.pdf.
- ↑ Ancestry: James B. Owens in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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