Word: owen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...just seven years, David Owen has effected what many refer to, only half jokingly, as the Winthrop Renaissance. Taking over a House distressingly like its "jock" stereotype, he has quietly but successfully created a diverse and exciting student community. Owen's concern for undergraduates and their activities seems endless. His ability to remember the names and problems of each man in the House is legendary. Weekly teas, presided over by the Master and his vivacious wife, Louise, have become crowded discussion sessions that invariably last past their scheduled closing time. The Master's hand is evident everywhere...
...Owen came to Harvard as a visiting lecturer in 1937, after 15 years at Yale. He taught British history, gave the famous Crystal Palace speech--now one of Harvard's historic lectures--for the first time, and was hired as an associate professor the following year...
...hadn't studied much English history and had practically never taught it," Owen recalls, "but the Department here was exceedingly trusting." His Ph.D. thesis in Far Eastern History was later published under the title, British Opium Policy in China and India...
...Owen was chairman of the History Department from 1946 to 1955, except for a two year stint as chairman of the committee on General Education. Often called one of the "quiet administrators," he led the Department during the difficult post-war days, when an influx of veterans swelled the enrollment of the College...
...Owen and his wife leave for England in August. They will "take a flat in London," while he does the research for a book on the city in its Victorian heyday...