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Biography
Tom Owen was elected to the first Louisville Metro Council in November 2002. He was re-elected to a full four year term in November of 2004. Previously, Councilman Owen served on the Louisville Board of Aldermen from 1990-1998.
He represents the neighborhoods of Irish Hill, Phoenix Hill, Cherokee Triangle, Original Highlands, Tyler Park, Germantown, Poplar Level, Deer Park, Bonnycastle, Highlands-Douglass, Belknap, Hayfield-Dundee, Bashford Manor, Upper Highlands, and Gardiner Lane.
He is currently the Chair of the Planning/Zoning & Land Development and Design Committee. He is also a member of the Transporation & Public Works and the Labor & Economic Developement Committees.
Councilman Owen is a full professor at the University of Louisville, and has been a history instructor, archivist and community relations associate at U of L since 1968. He is well known as a local historian and is a frequent contributor to radio and television features. Owen conducts tours of local sights and is a speaker on state and local history. He is an elder at Highland Presbyterian Church.
Owen serves as a board member with the Citizens for Advancement of Regional Transportation; is a local planning committee member for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Celebration; and has served on the Kentucky Bicentennial Commission and the Advisory Committee of the Kentucky Heritage Council.
He holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Kentucky; a master’s in history from U of L; a bachelor of divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio; and a bachelor of arts degree from Kentucky Wesleyan. His hobbies include fixing up old houses, walking, recycling, promoting public transit, eating out, traveling and going to ball games and movies.
Councilman Owen has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Louisville Historical League; the Outstanding University of Louisville Employee Award; an honorary membership in the Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; and recently a Patron Service Award at the University of Louisville Libraries.
He and his wife, Phyllis, have a daughter and two sons.
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