International Economic Summit Meeting Designation of Henry Owen as the President's Personal Representative To Participate in Preparations.

The President today announced that he will designate Henry Owen as his personal representative, with the personal rank of Ambassador, to participate in preparations for a summit meeting later this year.

Owen is director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

He was born in New York City on August 26, 1920, and received an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1941. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant.

Owen was a research economist for the State Department from 1946 to 1955, and a member of the Department's Policy Planning Staff from 1955 to 1962. From 1962 to 1966, he was deputy counselor and vice chairman of the Policy Planning Council, and in 1966 he was acting counselor and chairman of that Council.

Owen was chairman of the Policy Planning Council from 1966 until 1969, when he became director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution.