Albert J. Gowan

Background

Gowan, Albert J. was born on February 10, 1934 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Stanley and Gladys G. (Smith) Gowan.

Education

Student, Southern Illinois University, 1953—1955. Student, Southern Illinois University, 1959. Bachelor, University Missouri, 1964.

Master of Arts, Goddard College, 1978.

Career

Instructor Indiana University, Bloomington, 1964-1966. Assistant professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1966-1970. Associate professor Boston University, 1970-1974;director Cambridge Arts Council (Massachusetts), 1975-1976, chairman design department Massachusetts College Art, Boston, 1979-1983, professor, head graduate design, since 1983.

Vis.lectr.

North Staffordshire Polytechnic Institute, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, 1972, 73, 74. Freelance designer, Saint Louis, Nashville, Columbia, Indianapolis, Boston, since 1955. designer-in-residence City of Cambridge, 1976-1977. Advisor Adaptive Environs., Boston, 1980-1984.

Juror Townscape Institute, Cambridge, 1984.

Advisor Charlestown High/Design Program, 1978-1983. Founder, editor Designbourse, 1969.

Author: Nuts & Bolts, 1980. Contributor short story to Ploughshares, articles to Print Magazine.

Designer official Purdue University Seal, 1969.

Typography grantee, Indiana University, 1965. Grantee PurdueResearch Foundation, 1968. Design project fellow National Endowment for Arts, 1978, design recognition grantee, 1980.

Distinguished design fellow Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1980.

Achievements

• Albert J. Gowan has been listed as a notable design educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Society Printers Boston (chairman education committee 1980-1982).

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Hamilton, December.7, 1955 (divorced 1970). Married second, Karen Marie Kocon, August 11, 1978 (divorced 1985).Student Southern. Children: Scott Jeffery, Karen Jill, Gregory Blake, Amy Beth.

Father:

Albert Stanley Gowan

Mother:

Gladys G. (Smith) Gowan

Spouse:

Karen Marie Kocon Gowan

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Hamilton Gowan

child:

Karen Jill Gowan

child:

Amy Beth Gowan

child:

Scott Jeffery Gowan

child:

Gregory Blake Gowan