^Professor Owen has been considered one of the founding fathers of Game Theory in the special issue of the scientific journal Theory and Decision (Vol. 56, No. 1-2, February 2004).
^Also in 2004, the series Theory and Decision Library C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research published the book Essays in Cooperative Games (Gianfranco Gambarelli (Ed.) ,Vol. 36, Springer-Verlag) in honor of Dr. Owen.