Home › S › Squier (GEORGE OWEN an American army)

Squier (GEORGE OWEN an American army)

GEORGE OWEN, an American army officer, born at Dryden, Mich., in 1865. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1887 and received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1903. In 1887 he was appointed second lieutenant of artillery and gradually rose to the rank of major general, which he received in 1917. Much of his service in the army was devoted to the Signal Corps, of which branch he was placed in command in 1913. In February, 1917, he was made chief signal officer of the United States Army, and from May 20, 1918, he was in charge of the army air service. His other assignments included service as United States military attaché in London in 1912. He did important research work in electricity, especially in connection with the telephone and telegraph. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, received the D.S.M., and was made a Knight Commander of the British Order of St. Michael and St. George.

His scientific work was rewarded by the