Henry D. Owen Explained

Henry D. Owen
Office1:	7th Director of Policy Planning
President1:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Term Start1:	June 19, 1966
Term End1:	February 8, 1969
Predecessor1:	Walt Whitman Rostow
Successor1:	William Cargo
Birth Date:	26 August 1920

Henry David Owen (August 26, 1920 – November 5, 2011) was a diplomat, Brookings Institution Director (1969–78) and United States Ambassador at Large for Economic Summit Affairs from 1977 to 1981, on the National Security Council.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life

Owen was born in Forest Hills, Queens. He graduated from Birch Wathen Lenox School, and Harvard University with a BA in 1941.^[4]

He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946 and on the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 1952 to 1968. He recruited Zbigniew Brzezinski. He was director of foreign policy study, at the Brookings Institution, from 1968 to 1977.^{[4] [5]}

He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, Council on Foreign Relations,^[6] and Trilateral Commission.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry D. Owen . Nndb.com . 2011-11-12.
2. Web site: The NSC Staff and Organization, 1977-81 . Jimmycarterlibrary.gov . 2002-06-03 . 2011-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170619215017/https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/documents/nsc.phtml . 2017-06-19 . dead .
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/us/henry-d-owen-diplomat-of-economic-summits-dies-at-91.html?ref=obituaries Henry D. Owen, 91, Dies; Shaped Global Fiscal Order
4. News: Henry D. Owen, 91, Dies; Shaped Global Fiscal Order. The New York Times. Paul Vitello. Paul Vitello. November 11, 2011.
5. Web site: 17 May 2001 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR HENRY D. OWEN . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703173259/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Owen-Henry-D..pdf . 3 July 2024 . 31 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
6. Web site: Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations . Cfr.org . 2009-12-05 . 2011-11-12.