James Beverly[2] Owens (July 23, 1920 – November 2, 2009) was an American engineer and company executive.
[3][4] He attended Rice University and also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Westinghouse Advanced Electrical Design School.
During World War II, he worked for Westinghouse as a designer of military radar technology.
He later served as president of Gould-Brown Boveri, an electrical equipment distributor.
[5] He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1987 "for exemplary and inspirational leadership, distinguished service, and administrative excellence in electric power engineering and the electrical engineering profession".