A Name And A Face

J.E. Owsley (right) in 1905, when he coached Yale's football team.
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Meet John E. “Jack” Owsley, former football coach for Yale and the Naval Academy at the beginning of the last century who became vice president of Connecticut-based High Standard Manufacturing Company, Inc., during World War II when the company made a fortune as a weapons manufacturer.

We believe he is the mystery man in the Times‘ list yesterday of the top salaries of 1941. Thanks again to all the readers who helped to solve the case.

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