Background
Owens, Tyler Benjamin was born on August 28, 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Arthur Samuel and Julia Tyler Owens.
Owens, Tyler Benjamin was born on August 28, 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Arthur Samuel and Julia Tyler Owens.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Campbell U., Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1967; postgraduate, North Carolina State University, 1967-1969.
Sanitarian, State of Virginia Health Department, Manassas, Virginia, 1971-1972; chief chemist, Goodmark Foods, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1972-1975; real estate broker, Nadine Hodge Realty, Raleigh, 1976-1977; sales engineer, Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, California, 1977-1980; sales representative, Sperry Univac Corporation, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1980-1981; sales engineer, Spectra Physics Corporation, San Jose, 1981-1983; president, Batchelor & Owens, Inc., Raleigh, 1983-1988; territory manager, Extrel Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1988-1990; sales manager, Delsi Nermag Instruments, Paris, 1990-1991; sales manager, Viking Instruments Corporation, Reston, Virginia, 1989-1993; account executive, Dean Witter, Raleigh, 1993-1995; account executive, Bodman Industries, Raleigh, since 1995.
Active Young Men’s Christian Association, Raleigh, since 1989. Board directors Stonebridge Homeowners Association, Raleigh, 1990-1993, president, 1993. Board of Governors Friends of the Children, Wake Memorial Hospital, Raleigh, 1990-1993.
Precinct delegate Wake County Republican Party, Raleigh, 1985. Vestry Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Raleigh, 1988-1990, senior warden, 1988-1989. Member American Society Mass Spectrometry, North Carolina Real Esate Commission, Triangle Mass Spectrometer Discussion Group, Wake County Republican Men's Club.
Married Brenda Anne Coates, September 5, 1980. Children: Brooks Downs, Elizabeth Tyler.