Background
Owen, Thomas Barron was born on March 19, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Thomas Barron and Ruth (Deane) Owen.
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Owen, Thomas Barron was born on March 19, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Thomas Barron and Ruth (Deane) Owen.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, University Washington, 1940. Postgraduate, United States Naval Postgraduate School, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Cornell University, 1950.
Postgraduate, University Amsterdam, 1951. Postgraduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1962. Postgraduate, Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1964.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1940; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1967; combat duty with Pacific Fleet, United States Navy, 1940-1945; officer distribution division, Bureau Naval Personnel, 1945-1946; with armaments branch and military operations branch, Office Naval Research, 1951-1953; assistant repair superintendent (hull) and production analysis superintendent, Long Beach (California) Naval Shipyard, 1953-1957; director applied science division, director research and development planning division, Navy Bureau Ships, 1957-1961; military assistant to deputy director defense research and engineering engineering and chemistry, 1962-1963; assigned, Office Assistant Secretary Navy Research and Development, 1963; director support services, Naval Research Laboratory, 1963-1965; director, Naval Research Laboratory, 1965-1967; chief naval research, 1967-1970; retired, 1970; assistant director national and international programs, National Science Foundation, 1970-1974; associate dean graduate affairs and research, American U., Washington, 1974-1976; assistant provost, American U., 1976-1979; assistant administrator, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Department Commerce, Rockville, Maryland., 1979-1981; manager program planning, Fairchild Space & Electronics Company, Germantown, Maryland., 1981-1983; senior director systems effectiveness, Fairchild Space Company, Germantown, 1983-1984; vice president procurement, Fairchild Space Company, Germantown, 1984-1986.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, United States Naval Institute, Philosophical Society Washington, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Psi. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Rosemary Stolz, December 24, 1944. Children– Catherine Adams, Thomas Barron, James Rowell, Nancy Deane.