Background
Owens, Robert Bowie was born on October 29, 1870 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Maria Louise (Bowie) Owens.
Owens, Robert Bowie was born on October 29, 1870 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Maria Louise (Bowie) Owens.
Graduate Charlotte Hall Military School, Maryland. Student Cambridge University, England, 1899.
President Fox Hall Farm, Harwood, Maryland. Director Maryland; chief of Signal Corps Intelligence Division in charge of organization. Chief signal officer American Expeditionary Force, Headquarters, London: in charge of and operated all telephone and telegraph communications between American Expeditionary Force, France and Engineering
Director Electricity and Machinery Building
Member International Electrical Congress and International Jury of Awards, World’s Fair, Chicago, 1893. Member International Electrical
Congress and International Jury Awards, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 (commemorative medal).
Member American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (vice president), Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (president electrical section). Honorary Companion Doctorate.S.O. (British).