Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2003-2004), July 2003.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    MAJOR R. OWENS, Democrat, of Brooklyn, NY; born in Memphis, TN, June 
28, 1936; education: 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

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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: 
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.


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