Richard Owen

Personal

Birthday: 
1922
Birthplace: 
New York, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1942-1945
Private practice, New York City, 1950-1953, 1958-1974
Assistant professor, New York Law School, 1951-1953
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1953-1955
Special assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1954
Senior trial attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1955-1958
Associate counsel, New York State Commission on Alcoholic Beverage Laws, 1963-1964

Education

Name of School: 
Dartmouth College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1945
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/19/1973
Retirement from Active Service: 
9/30/1989