Herb Owen
Honor Code SignatorySigned 24 Jul 2018 | 104 contributions | 5 thank-yous | 193 connections
Herb is retired. Over the course of his work life he has held several careers.
He is a Vietnam era veteran having been drafted into the US Army in 1966.
Early on following his discharge he held several roles in the computer field among which are programmer, systems programmer, database administrator, network administrator.
He is college educated and holds degrees including a BS in Management and an MBA.
His entrepreneurial spirit led him to go into business for himself, forming a corporation. After a number of years he ended this stage of life and returned to work at a university in a couple of staff roles before retirement.
Timeline: Dates, events and Locations
12/15/1945 Born Staten Island Marines Hospital, Staten Island NY 12/1945 Home is Jersey City, NJ 1950 Moved to Homestead Place, Bogota, NJ 1950 Moved to 21 Roosevelt Ave, Rochelle Park, NJ 4/5/1966 Entered US Army 4/1966 Basic Training, Fort Dix NJ 7/1966 AIT, Infantry, Fort Polk LA 4/4/1968 Release from Active Duty, Fort Polk LA 19?? Moved to 77 Coventry Rd, Wayne, NJ 9/25/1971 Marriage to Patricia Lancaster 9/1971 Moved to 57B Byrne Ct, Wayne, NJ 1973 Moved to 110 Laurel Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 2/1980 Moved to 83 Perrin Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 8/1980 Moved to 312 Suffolk LN, Wilmington, NC
"United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9R-QWHY : Tue Mar 19 18:43:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Lloyd Owen and Bonnie E Owen, 10 April 1950.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRC-BB77 : Sat Mar 09 15:27:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Lloyd E Owen and Bonnie, 26 Mar 1996.
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