Background
Foye, William Owen was born on June 26, 1923 in Athol, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Owen Henry and Mildred Ruth (Walton) Foye.
Foye, William Owen was born on June 26, 1923 in Athol, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Owen Henry and Mildred Ruth (Walton) Foye.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1943; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1948; Doctor of Science (honorary), 1994.
Research chemist, duPont Company, Deepwater, New Jersey, 1948-1949;
assistant professor pharmaceutical chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1949-1955;
associate professor, Massachusetts College Pharmacy, Boston, 1955-1963;
professor of chemistry, Massachusetts College Pharmacy, Boston, 1963-1974;
Sawyer professor pharmaceutical science, Massachusetts College Pharmacy, Boston, 1974-1994;
Sawyer professor emeritus, since 1994. Dean faculty, Massachusetts College Pharmacy, 1970-1973, dean graduate studies, 1973-1974. Member revision committee, United States Pharmacopeia, 1975-1990.
Member drug selection committee, Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1985-1990. Keynote speaker, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Jaipur, India, 1981.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, Aviation Electronics Technicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (councilor 1988-1990, chairman pharmaceutical science section 1991), American Chemical Society (chairman Northeastern section 1977), American Association Colls. Pharmacy (chairman teachers chemistry section 1981-1982), Phi Delta Chi (honorary member).
Married Wilma Clark, August 14, 1951 (divorced January 1960). Married Lila Marie Hibbard, August 16, 1976. 1 child, William Owen Junior.