    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Page 203]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        MAJOR R. OWENS, Democrat, of Brooklyn, NY; born in Memphis, TN, June
    28, 1936; attended Hamilton High School, Memphis, TN; B.A., with high
    honors Morehouse College, 1956; M.S., Atlanta University, 1957;
    chairman, Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality; vice president,
    Metropolitan Council of Housing, 1964; community coordinator, Brooklyn
    Public Library, 1965; executive director, Brownsville Community Council,
    1966; commissioner, New York City Community Development Agency, 1968-73;
    director, community media library program at Columbia University, 1974;
    New York State Senate, 1974-82; chairman, Senate Democratic Operations
    Committee; Brooklyn borough president declared September 10, 1971,
    ``Major R. Owens Day''; served on International Commission on Ways of
    Implementing Social Policy to Ensure Maximum Public Participation and
    Social Justice for Minorities at The Hague, the Netherlands, 1972;
    published author and lecturer on library science; featured speaker,
    White House Conference on Libraries, 1979; recognized authority in
    community development; married to Maria A. Owens of New York City; the
    children of their blended family are Christopher, Geoffrey, Millard,
    Carlos, and Cecelia; appointed chairman of the House Subcommittee on
    Select Education and Civil Rights, 1987; chairman of the Congressional
    Black Caucus Budget Task Force; appointed chairman of the Congressional
    Black Caucus Education Braintrust from the 98th Congress to the present;
    appointed chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Task Force on Haiti
    from the 103rd Congress to the present; senior member, Government Reform
    and Oversight and Economic and Educational Opportunities committees;
    elected to the 98th Congress, November 2, 1982; reelected to each
    succeeding Congress.

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