Background
Kiernan, Owen Burns was born on March 9, 1914 in Randolph, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Francis and Elizabeth (Burns) Kiernan.
Kiernan, Owen Burns was born on March 9, 1914 in Randolph, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Francis and Elizabeth (Burns) Kiernan.
Bachelor of Science, Bridgewater College, Massachusetts, 1935. Master of Education, Boston University, 1940. Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1968.
Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lesley College, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Northeastern University, 1961.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Stonehill College, 1965. Ped.D. (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1966.
Principal, Henry T. Wing High School, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1938-1944; superintendent schools, Wayland and Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1944-1951; superintendent schools, Milton, 1951-1957; commissioner education, State of Massachusetts, 1957-1968; executive director, National Association Secondary School Prins., 1969-1979; director school division, McManis Associates, Inc., 1980-1982; consultant, Washington, since 1983. Past chairman Massachusetts Board Education, Massachusetts Board Vocational Education. Corporation member Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Trustee University Massachusetts. Trustee Lowell Technology Institute, Museum Fine Arts, Museum of Science Boston, Boston University. Board directors Atlantic Council United States.
Chairman education committee Atlantic Treaty Association, 1968-1972. Governor board Atlantic Information Centre for Teachers, London, 1968-1976. Executive committee United States People-to-People Program.
Member American Association School Administrators, New England, Massachusetts superintendents associations, State School Officers (president 1967), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Esther Harriet Thorley, July 13, 1940. Children: Joan Ann, Nancy Elizabeth, John Albert.