Major R. Owens

A Representative from New York. Born in Collierville, Shelby County, Tenn. , June 28, 1936. Graduated from Hamilton High School, Memphis, Tenn. B. A. , Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. , 1956. M. S. , Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta), Atlanta, Ga. , 1957. Chair, Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality. Vice president, Metropolitan Council of Housing, N. Y. , 1964. Community coordinator, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1964-1966. Executive director, Brownsville Community Council, 1966-1968. Commissioner, Community Development Agency, New York, N. Y. , 1968-1973. Director, community media library program, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. , 1973-1975. Member of the New York state senate, 1974-1982. Served on International Commission on Ways of Implementing Social Policy to Ensure Maximum Public Participation and Social Justice for Minorities at The Hague, Netherlands, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 2007). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Died on October 21, 2013, in New York City, N. Y.