Background
Owen, Roberts Bishop was born on February 11, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roberts Bishop and Monica Benedict (Burrell) Owen.
Owen, Roberts Bishop was born on February 11, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roberts Bishop and Monica Benedict (Burrell) Owen.
Student, Dartmouth College, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1948; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1951; Dip.C.L.S., Cambridge U., England, 1952.
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1953, District of Columbia. The Legal Adviser, United States.
Department of State, 1979-1981.
Counsel for the United States, United States v. Iran (International Court of Justice, 1979-1980).
Recipient: Distinguished Honor Award, United States. Department of State (1981).
Distinguished Service Award, Department of State (1996).
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (1996). Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague), 1980-1985, 1993. Adviser, American Law Institute Restatement of the Law, Foreign Relations Law of the United States (Revised), 1979.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, American Society of International Law (Executive Council, 1981-1985). Board Chair, International Human Rights Law Group, 1996.
Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague), 1980-1985, 1993. Adviser, American Law Institute Restatement of the Law, Foreign Relations Law of the United States (Revised), 1979. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, American Society of International Law (Executive Council, 1981-1985).
Board Chair, International Human Rights Law Group, 1996. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, American Society of International Law (Executive Council, 1981-1985). Board Chair, International Human Rights Law Group, 1996.
Married Kathleen Comstock von Schrader, August 27, 1966. Children— David Roberts, Lucy Leffingwell, William Atreus.