Background
Kafes, William Owen was born on December 23, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of William G. and Gena B. (Owen) Kafes.
Kafes, William Owen was born on December 23, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of William G. and Gena B. (Owen) Kafes.
Swarthmore College (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1957). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). Phi Beta Kappa.
Assistant counsel, Aetna Life and Casualty Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1960-1969; associate general counsel, The Okonite Company, Ramsey, New Jersey, 1969-1972; assistant general counsel, Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1987; vice president, secretary, Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1987; associate general counsel, Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland., 1987-1994; retired, 1994.
Member American Bar Association (clerk young lawyers section, 1965), New Jersey Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary J. Wells, November 27, 1965. Children: Mary E., Victoria G., William W.