Dr. Gareth Owen was Principal of University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1979 to 1989. He studied Zoology and lectured at the University of Glasgow, 1950-64 and Queen's University of Belfast, 1964-79. His research interests included electron microscopy, and the morphology of mollusca and brachiopoda. On arriving at Aberystwyth he learnt Welsh and was appointed an Honorary Member of the Gorsedd in 1983
Portrait of the academic Dr Gareth Owen (1922-2002). Three-quarter portrait viewed seated in a chair with his hands held together before him. He wears a suit, a striped tie, a wrist watch, an academic gown and a mortar board. He looks towards the viewer with a faint smile. Plain light background
