Background
Owens, William Richard was born on August 9, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Pearson and Gertrude Mildred (Guinan) Owens.
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William Richard Owens
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Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, l963; Master of Science, Western Reserve U., l965; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Case Western Reserve U., l968.
Career
Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, l963-64; postdoctoral associate, Tulane University, New Orleans, l968-70; associate professor, Pontificia U. Catolica, Rio de Janeiro, l97l-78; technical manager, Analytics, Inc., Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1978-1980; director field office, Analytics, Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1980-1983; senior research scientist, Georgia Institute Technology Research Institute, Atlanta, l984-; branch chief, Georgia Institute Technology Research Institute, Atlanta, 1989-1992; associate laboratory director, Georgia Institute Technology Research Institute, Atlanta, 1992-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president Okaloosa County Mental Health Association, Fort Walton Beach, l982. President Unitarian Fellowship, Fort Walton Beach, l983. Committee member United Way Okaloosa County, l983.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Association Old Crows, Sigma Xi (treasurer Georgia Institute Technology 1990-1995).
Connections
Married Joyce EstelleLancaster, December 20, l969 (divorced April l983). L child, Leslie C.; married Cleopatra Joan O'Neal, December 3l, l983.
