James B. Owens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1920
Place of Birth: Texas, United States
Date of Death: 02-Nov-2009
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About James B. Owens
- James Beverly Owens (July 23, 1920 – November 2, 2009) was an American engineer and former executive. Owens was born in Houston, Texas in July 1920.
- He attended Rice University and also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as the Westinghouse Advanced Electrical Design School.
- During World War II, he worked for Westinghouse as a designer for military radar technology.
- He later served as president of Gould-Brown Boveri, an electrical equipment distributor.
- He served as the president of the IEEE in 1983 as well as on the board of directors from 1981 to 1984.
- He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1987 "for exemplary and inspirational leadership, distinguished service, and administrative excellence in electric power engineering and the electrical engineering profession".
- Owens died in Lincolnshire, Illinois in November 2009 at the age of 89.
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