Faculty Profile

Thomas Owen

Educational and Professional Background

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

B.A. (History), Colorado State University, summa cum laude, 1969
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Stanford University, 1969
M.A. Stanford University (History), 1970
J.D. Stanford University School of Law, 1974

Hilmer Oehlman, Jr. Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, Externship in Senator Alan Cranston's Washington, D.C. office, 1973.
Winner, Dr. Eugene Portugal award for Outstanding Faculty Member, College of the Redwoods, 1997.

LEGAL BACKGROUND

Associate, Wilson, Jones, Morton & Lynch, San Mateo California, 1974-77.
County Counsel, County of Del Norte, 1977-81.
Judge, Del Norte Judicial District, 1981-82.
Public Defender (Contract), County of Del Norte, 1983-84.
Chief Labor Negotiator, County of Del Norte, 1979-81, Del Norte Unified School District, 1978-80.
Superior Court Commissioner, Family Support (1998-present)

Classes Taught Semester
History 1 Colonial and Revolutionary America Fall
History 2 The Young Republic Spring
History 3 Modern America Fall or Spring
History 4 Early Western Civilization Fall
History 5 Modern Western Civilization Spring
History 7 History of Modern Asia Fall or Spring
History 8 U.S. History Until 1877 Fall or Spring
History 9 U.S. History Since 1877 Fall or Spring
Political Science 1 Contemporary American Political Problems Fall or Spring
Political Science 3 Contemporary World Problems Fall or Spring
Political Science 10 American Government Fall or Spring
Business 18 Business Law Spring

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