Background
Owsley, Alvin Mansfield was born on June 11, 1888 in Denton, Texas, United States. Son of Alvin Clark and Sallie (Blount) Owsley.
Owsley, Alvin Mansfield was born on June 11, 1888 in Denton, Texas, United States. Son of Alvin Clark and Sallie (Blount) Owsley.
Graduate Virginia Military Institute, 1909. Studied law, University Texas, 1911-1912, also in Law Courts, London, England. Doctor of Laws, Hillsdale College, 1941.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln Memorial University, 1941.
Admitted to Texas bar, 1912. Member Texas House of Representatives, 1912-1914. County and district attorney, Denton County, Texas, 1915-1917.
Assistant attorney general of Texas, 1919-1920.
Later practicing Dallas. Appointed American minister to Rumania, 1933, to Irish Free State, 1935, Denmark, 1937.
Resigned Diplomatic Service, 1939. Director Ball Brothers Company, Muncie, Indiana, Business and Professional Men's Insurance Company, Dallas.
Radio and television narrator.
State chairman Citizens Committee for Hoover Report. Director American Red Cross, War Finance Committee. Ch-chairman Savings Bond Doctor Sponsor, Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Underwriter Dallas Grand Opera Association Trustee South.W. Legal Foundation Student 1st O.T.C., Leon Springs, Texas, 1917.
Senior instructor 3d O.T.C., Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas. Commissioned major infantry, later lieutenant colonel.
Served as adjunct 36th Division Advertising Educational Foundation. Participated in Champagne and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
Member American Legion (national commander, 1922-1923. Member Newcomen Society American, Air Force Association, Dallas History Society, Association United States Army, Beta Theta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho. Donor award R.O.T.C. North. Dallas High School Decorated Commander Legion of Honor (France), 1923.
Member Boy Scouts, Texas and New New York
Member Chistian Church. Clubs: Lions, Reserve Officers, Dallas Country.
Married Lucy Ball, May 25, 1925. Children: Alvin, Junior, Constance (Mistress Joseph L. Garrett), David.