Background
Owen, Lewis James was born on April 2, 1925 in Nanking, China. Son of Lewis J. and Naomi (Bates) Owen.
Owen, Lewis James was born on April 2, 1925 in Nanking, China. Son of Lewis J. and Naomi (Bates) Owen.
AB summa cum laude, Harvard, 1949. A.M., Harvard, 1950; Postgraduate, University Edinburgh, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University College London, 1958.
Member faculty Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1950-1953, Virginia Military Institute, 1954-1956, University Vermont, 1958-1959. Faculty Occidental College, Los Angeles, since 1959, Faculty lecturer, 1964, chairman department English, 1966-1970, 80-83, now Price professor English, acting dean of faculty, 1975-1976.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Association University Professors (past chapter president), Modern Language Association, Renaissance Society, Medieval Institute, Phi Beta Kappa (past president chapter).
Married Nancy Lee Hughes, February 13, 1958. Children– Gwyneth Bronwen, Geoffrey David.