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Richard Owen: Scotland 1810, Indiana 1890, Victor Lincoln Albjerg

Purdue University Press Books

Richard Dale Owen was born in 1810 in Scotland to a wealthy textile manufacturer and philanthropist. The youngest of eight children, Richard grew up at the family estate of Braxfield House, where he received his early education from private tutors. He would later go on to study chemistry, physics, and natural sciences, among other subjects, traveling between Scotland and Switzerland for his schooling.

Owen arrived in the United States in 1828 to teach in New Haven, Indiana, where his father was running an experimental utopian community of happiness, enlightenment, and prosperity. He would later go on to be Indiana’s second …

The Express: April 23, 1999, Taylor University Fort Wayne

1998-1999 (Volume 3)

Ground Breaking — Knockin’ on Hausser’s door — Genius Lessons at Youth Conference ’99 — Editorials — Express Index — Looking for answers in Littleton — You’re in the Army Now! — True Preview — Back in the swing of things — TUFW Baseball Schedule

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Spring 1944, Dorothy Thomas Shelley, Donald L. Helfferich, Alfred C. Alspach, Franklin Irvin Sheeder Jr., Miriam Barnet Smith, Norman E. Mcclure

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

Editor's page: Regrets and best wishes; Thank you for writing; Don't forget to vote • President's page • Our war correspondents • Resignation of "Jing" Johnson • Commencement • Opening of new term • Forums • Men's sports • Messiah • Dr. Haines visits campus • Alumni news • Letters to the alumni • Women's sports • Prominent alumni pass away: Dr. Stibitz; Congressman Ditter dies • Supply store • Men and women in the service • Navy needs officers • Library receives gifts • Alumni association nominees

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Winter 1943, Dorothy Thomas Shelley, Donald L. Helfferich, Franklin Irvin Sheeder Jr., Alfred C. Alspach, Miriam Barnet Smith

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

Current comment: In memoriam; Remember the loyalty fund • President's page • The Navy program • 74th Academic year begun • Coach Stevens to enter Army • Messages to the alumni • Athletic program • Letters from the fronts • News about ourselves • Ursinus men and women in the armed forces