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Mar 31, 2003 · Marlene Rankin. Daughter of world-famous track star Jesse Owens, Marlene Owens Rankin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 19, 1939. Moving with her family first to Detroit, Rankin graduated from high school in Chicago in 1957.
Jul 31, 2016 · Marlene Owens Rankin, the daughter of the legendary black American sprinter, says her father never shook Hitler's hand at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She also recalls her visit to Berlin and the tribute to her father's achievements.
Jun 20, 2024 · Jesse Owens' daughters Beverly Owens Prather and Marlene Owens Rankin admired their father’s values in sports and beyond. Here, they speak to PEOPLE about their father's legacy.
Five years later, in 1937, the couple’s second daughter, Marlene, was born, and Beverly, the youngest daughter, was born in 1940. Gloria and Marlene both later attended Ohio State, and Marlene became OSU’s first African-American Homecoming Queen in 1960.
Marlene Owens Rankin, A.M. 1978. Vice President and Managing Director, The Ruth and Jesse Owens Scholars Foundation at The Ohio State University. “I always credited my father - he encouraged me to get an advanced degree and financed my education.
Feb 22, 2016 · “We have worked cooperatively together for 5 years,” says Marlene Owens Rankin, a 76-year-old retired social worker and grandmother of two.
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May 31, 2016 · Marlene Owens Rankin: I am the Managing Director of the Jesse Owens Foundation. I have managed the Foundation since 1991 and duties included administering the Scholarship and other programs, fund raising, managing up to 100 volunteers, working with the Board of Directors on policy issues, mentoring students and supervising staff.
