thumb|Robert Bowie Owens (photo taken May 19, 1915)
Robert Bowie Owens (October 29, 1870 – November 3, 1940) was a U.S. electrical engineer. He was the director of the Maryland Academy of Science. He was secretary of Franklin Institute from 1910 to 1924. He is credited as a discoverer of the alpha ray. along with Rutherford and his student Harriet Brooks.
Owens served as an officer in World War I, alongside General John J. Pershing.
He died on November 3, 1940.
References
External links
- History of the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Nebraska–Lincoln