June 24th, 1941

Mr. John C. Mert,

Personnel Division
Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Denver, Colorado

Re: Arthur Kirk Owen, Jr.
Age: 22
Dear Mr. Mertz: Social Security No. 521-12-7250

I am very happy to commend to you most highly,
- Mr. Arthur Kirk Owen, Jr., who has applied for a position
with your Company in the National Defense Frogram.

Kirk Owen comes from one of the finest families
in Kansas. His father is a practicing Physician in Topeka,
Kansas, and is one of the finest men I know. He is a Yale
graduate and an outstanding practitioner but he's one of the
most ordinary type of citizens that you might imagine.

Doctor Owen has a large and lucrative practice but 3
has brought his boy up along the way of modesty and obscurity.

Arthur Kirk Owen, Jr., attended the University of
Kansas and played on my Varsity basketball team. He is clean,
resourceful, aggressive and capable. He is loyal and conscientious.
He has the full spirit of team play and cooperation and I'm absolutely
sure that you would make no mistake in selecting young Owens for
one of your National Defense Program jobs.

Kirk Owen has a highly intelligence rating. He is absolutely
loyal to the United States and I know of nothing in any way that
might reflect unfavorably on his character or reputation. - I have
known young Kirk Owen for eight years. And, I recommend him to
you without reservation or evasion.

Sincerely,

Director of Physical Education and
Recreation-Varsity Basketball and
Baseball Coach.

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