Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), June 1999.
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    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; 
committees: Education and the Workforce; Government Reform; elected to 
the 98th Congress, November 2, 1982; reelected to each succeeding 
Congress.


                  Office Listings
 
2305 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-6231
 20515.................................................
  Chief of Staff/Administrative Assistant.--Jacqueline     FAX: 226-0112
   Ellis.
  Legislative Director.--Sudafi Henry.
  Executive Assistant.--Debbie Aledo-Simpson.
289 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213...................   (718) 773-3100
  District Office Director.--Henry Crawford.               FAX: 735-7143
1414 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY 11226................   (718) 940-3213
 

County: Kings County (part). Population (1990), 580,337.
ZIP Codes: 11201 (part), 11203 (part), 11205 (part), 11210 (part), 11212 
        (part), 11213 (part), 11215 (part), 11216 (part), 11217 (part), 
        11218 (part), 11225-26, 11230 (part), 11233 (part), 11234 
        (part), 11236 (part), 11238 (part), 11243