Background
Davison, Owen Richards was born on January 6, 1915 in Bethel, Ohio, United States. Son of Owen Clarence and Marie (Richards) Davison.
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Owen Richards Davison
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AB, DePauw University, 1937; Master of Arts, U. Cincinnati, 1941.
Career
Research director, assistant to chief probation officer, Hamilton County Juvenile/Domestic Rels. Court, Cincinnati, 1938-1942;
research director, acting planning director, War Chest and Planning Council, Kansas City, Missoury, 1942-1947;
executive director, Community Chest and Council Social Agilysys, Evanston, Illinois, 1947-1951;
executive director, Community Chest and Council Social Agilysys, Montclair, New Jersey, 1951-1958;
director agency operations, associate executive director, United Fund Philadelphia Area, Community Chest Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1959-1965;
executive director, Regional Health and Welfare Council, Philadelphia, 1965-1971;
associate executive director, United Way Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1971-1979. State director Supplemental Security Income alert Governor Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1973-1974.
Lecturer in planning and finance graduate school social administration Fordham University, New York City, 1955-1958. Lecturer in social research, thesis instructor Washington U., Kansas City, 1944-1947. Chairman commission on standards National Accreditation Council, New York City, 1982-1985.
Active in overseas economics development projects in Indonesia, Brazil, Jamaica, Ecuador, Costa Rica, 1980-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Founder Malignant Hyperthermia Association United States, Westport, Connecticut, 1981, St.Matthews Methodist Church Valley Forge, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1958. Board directors Montclair Children's Foundation, 1955-1958. Executive volunteer International Executive Senior Corps, Stamford, Connecticut, 1980-1990.
Elder Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1988-1990, chair budget and finance committee, 1990.
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Married Jean Carol Long, June 4,1939. Children: Richard P. (deceased), Owen Douglas, Susan Elizabeth Archer.
