Chronology

served as president of the Owen L. Coon Foundation.

 an offer by CNA Financial to pay $32 per share for General Finance Corporation stock owned by The Foundation. The Foundation owned 111,000 shares, worth $3.55 million.

 the Owen L. Coon Foundation Fund at Northwestern University by making an initial $25,000 con­tribution. The fund would pool Foundation money destined for future Northwestern projects.

 dies of leukemia.

 of the Foundation is held at the Coon house in Evanston.

 through a conservator, sues Owen challenging their 1929 divorce. (The lawsuit was settled with the Coon Estate in 1950.)

 program is established, benefitting graduates of Rantoul High School who attend Northwestern.

 involved in war production. They are: Hanlon-Waters of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Climax En, gineering Company, of Clinton, Iowa; McAlear Manufacturing Compa­ny, of Chicago; Bi'Metallic Products Corporation, of Chicago; Simmons Manufacturing Company, of Ashland, Ohio, and Morrow Manufactur­ing Company, of Wellston, Ohio.

 move from Glencoe to 1201 Sheridan Road in Evanston.

president of the American Finance Conference. (He was reelected in 1938.)

 to sit on Northwestern University's Board of Trustees.

 Scholarships in Forensics are established at Northwestern University.

 to run the Detroit-based Gen­eral Finance Company and serve as president.

Owen and Louise's only child together, is born.

 Divorce decree entered in Cook County Superior Court.

 Owen and Alice's only child, is born.

 examination and briefly enlists in the Navy. His parents move to Evanston, Illinois.

 from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree from the College of Liberal Arts. He enters Northwestern University Law School.

 of Europe with Rose following his freshman year at Rantoul High School.

the couple's first son, is born in Rantoul, Illinois.

 Owen's mother, born in LeRoy, Illinois.