    Congressional Directory for the 109th Congress (2005-2006), July 2005.
    [Pages 184-185]
    [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 Policy to Ensure Maximum Public Participation and
    Social Justice for Minorities at The Hague,

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    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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