Talk:Otis R. Bowen

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[edit] Married before he was born?

According to the this article, Otis Ray Bowen was born in 1918, but somehow managed to get married in 1915, three years BEFORE he was born. I cannot find a correct date. Could somebody please correct that? --TommyBoy 20:15, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nearly goofed here... Otis's father Vernie married Pearl in 1915; Otis married Elizabeth in 1939. I corrected (well, re-corrected after my goof) the text to clarify that the first part of Early Life is talking about his parents. --Tysto 22:25, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)

[edit] Rename

Bowen is from my home town, and a number of things are named after him. All of them are "Otis R. Bowen." I never even knew his middle name until looking at this article. I suggest the article be renamed Otis R. Bowen but that we retain the "Otis Ray Bowen" opening. This seems to be the model for other bios. --Tysto 22:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming Request

In response to Tysto's suggestion, I have formally proposed this article for renaming. --TommyBoy 23:02, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, since it would not be considered controversial, I will go ahead and move the page --TommyBoy 23:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)