Wayne Owens: A life of service

• 1957-60: Serves LDS mission in France.

• 1962: Works as campaign staff director for Cal Rampton for Senator committee.

• June 1964: Graduates from University of Utah College of Law.

• 1965-68: Begins practicing law, Salt Lake City.

• 1965 -68: Serves as state administrative assistant to Sen. Frank E. Moss of Utah.

• 1968: Named Rocky Mountain coordinator in Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign

• 1969-70: Serves as administrative assistant to Senate Majority Whip Edward Kennedy in Washington, D.C.

• 1971-72: Organizes Moss' Senate re-election campaign.

• 1972: Elected to U.S. House of Representatives for Utah's 2nd Congressional District.

• 1974: Runs unsuccessfully against Jake Garn for the U.S. Senate.

• 1975-78: Serves as president of the Montreal, Canada, mission for LDS Church.

• 1978: Returns to Salt Lake law practice and is adjunct professor at Brigham Young University law school.

• 1980: Named Western states' coordinator of Sen. Edward Kennedy's unsuccessful presidential bid.

• 1981: President Jimmy Carter appoints Owens to the National Advisory Committee on Resource Conservation and Recovery.

• 1984: Runs unsuccessfully for governor of Utah against Speaker of the House Norm Bangerter.

• 1986: Elected a second time to the U.S. House of Representatives for Utah's 2nd Congressional District; serves two terms.

• 1992: Loses U.S. Senate bid to Bob Bennett.

• 1993: Founder of and representative for The Institute of Middle Eastern Peace in Israel.