Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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DR. WILLIAM BISHOP OWEN

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TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM BISHOP OWEN ♦ DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION, INSPIRING TEACHER, AND UNFAILING FRIEND. WE, THE STUDENTS OF CHICAGO NORMAL COLLEGE, DEDICATE THIS BOOK.

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WILLIAxM BISHOP OWEN William liishop ()wen. the son of Thomas ' alter and Elizabeth Bishop Owen, Avas born in Union Station. Lickins:; ' County, Ohio, on Ai)ril 30. 1866. After taking- his A.B. degree at Denison University in 1887, Mr. Owen became instructor of classical and scientific subjects in AVestern, Penn- sylvania, 1887-88. From 1888-92 he taught in the Morgan Park Academy. On October 3, 1890 he was married to Lucy Caroline Anderson of Chicago. During- 1892-94 he was Fellow, tutor, examiner, instructor, and assistant professor at the University of Chicago, and in 1894-05 was associate pro- fessor of Greek. In 1897 he went to Berlin to study in the university there and in 1900-1901 studied at the University of Halle. In 1901 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and in the same year that uni- versity made him principal and dean of the secondary school in which posi- tion he remained for eight years. He taught Philosophy of Education during- 1902-1909. in 1905 being made associate jjrofessor of Education at the University. In 1909 Dr. Owen became ])resident of the Chicago Normal College in which position he remained for nineteen years, to the time of his death. Februar - 17. 1928. Under his presidency the course of Xormal was lengthened from tw(. to three years. In 1917 he became j resident of the State Teachers ' Association. Dur- ing 1922-23 Dr. Owen was president of the X.E.A. (National Education Association ), an office which he himself stated in a speech was the highest honor to which an American schoolmaster could aspire. ' He held many other offices during his career. At )akland. San Fran- cisco. June 28-July (). 1923. he was chairman at the meeting of the World Conference on Education under the ausjiices of the N .E.A.. working through its committee of Foreign Relations. He was a member and in charge of the Reviewing Committee for the Commission on Reorganization of Secondary Education. He was also president of the Association for Peace Education. In a speech before the Principal ' s Club of Chicago. Ir. Beebe. president of the club, said : Dr. Owen i.s the most useful man in the school system of Chicago, the most useful man to the State Teachers ' Association of Illinois, and the most useful man to the nation.