Karl Abrahim Owen

Background

Owen, Karl Abrahim was born on September 24, 1929 in Baghdad, Iraq. Son of Abrahim Haney and Facrea J. (Quaraghooly) Owen.

Education

Master of Arts in Teaching, Assumption College, 1966. Postgraduate, University Massachusetts. Postgraduate, Harvard University.

Postgraduate, University Wisconsin.

Career

Environmental coordinator College College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1970—1973. President United Interiors and Contract Designers, Inc., Wheaton, 1973—1979. Assistant professor Bowing Green State University, Ohio, 1979—1982.

Assistant professor interior design. Winthrop College School Consumer Science, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1984—1986. Associate professor, interior design coordinator Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1986—1987, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, since 1987.

Design consultant, color consultant American United Interiors & Design, Cullowhee. Judge interior design competition, Detroit, 1979. Annual art. exhibition Downers Grove, Illinois, 1974—1977.

Visiting history, Iraq, 1979.

Achievements

• Karl Abrahim Owen has been listed as a noteworthy design consultant, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Association Home Economists, Interior Design Educators Council, American Society Interior Designers, American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Connections

Married Gwenivere O. Owen, August 18, 1957. Children: Pamela Jody, Bradford Haney.

Father:

Abrahim Haney Owen

Mother:

Facrea J. (Quaraghooly) Owen

Spouse:

Gwenivere O. Owen

child:

Pamela Jody Owen

child:

Bradford Haney Owen