DALLAS OWENS
Dr. Owens was born in McDowell County, N.C. and now lives in Henderson County. He is a National Park Service volunteer for 19 years, including three years on the Friends Board, six years at the Carl Sandburg Barn, and ten years with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. He retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of Colonel after 27 years of service; his last assignment was as faculty for the U.S. Army War College. His military education culminated at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and Harvard University as a National Security Fellow. He holds Sociology degrees from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte (B.A.), Utah State University (M.S.), and the University of Tennessee (Ph.D.), and served on the faculty of Clemson University, North Carolina State University, University of Virginia – Wise, and University of Colorado. He held management positions on a FERC application team for an Alaskan hydroelectric project and Montana’s EIS Team.