Robert Frederick Owen

Background

Owen, Robert Frederick was born on October 19, 1927 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States. Son of John Clarence and Lydia Anna (Laverty) Owen.

Education

AB summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1952.

Career

Medical intern, Barnes Hospital (Washington University), St. Louis, 1952-1953; assistant resident in internal medicine, St. Louis City Hospital (Washington University Medical Svc.), 1953-1954, 56-57; medical resident, St. Louis City Hospital (Washington University Medical Svc.), 1957-1958; private practice in internal medicine and rheumatology, St. Louis, since 1958. Instructor clinical medicine Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1958. Consultant Arthritis Clinic Washington University Clinics, St. Louis, 1958-1978.

Attending physician inpatient and outpatient teaching services at Washington University and Missouri Baptist, St. Luke's, and Deaconness Hospitals, St. Louis, 1958-1979.

Achievements

• Robert Frederick Owen has been listed as a noteworthy Internist, rheumatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Institutional Review Board Missouri Baptist Hospital (monitoring biomedical and behavioral research), 1977-1996. Member St. Louis Cmty. Clinical Oncology Program Human Subjects Research Institutional Review Board, 1983-1996.

Captain United States Army Medical Corps, 1954-1956, Korea. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association (Physician's Recognition award annually since 1977), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: piano, organ, photography.

Connections

Married Edith Suzanna Trugly, June 11, 1960. 1 child, Suzanne Marie.

Father:

John Clarence Owen

Mother:

Lydia Anna (Laverty) Owen

Spouse:

Edith Suzanna Trugly

child:

Suzanne Marie Owen