Background
Cowden, Chester Lyle was born on October 6, 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of James Fenimore and Beulah Hayes (Gilchrist) Cowden.
Cowden, Chester Lyle was born on October 6, 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of James Fenimore and Beulah Hayes (Gilchrist) Cowden.
Bachelor of Science, University Iowa, 1942, Master of Arts, 1948. Certified Public Accountants, Iowa, California Acting head cost department, head branch factory ledger accountant Cherry-Burrell Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1942-1948. Semi-senior accountant Allen & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Des Moines, 1948-1950.
Stores auditor, trainee foreign assistant controllership Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Des Moines, 1950-1952.
Internal auditor Contra Costa County, Martinez, California, 1952-1957. Staff accountant Heruth-Thyken & Smith, 1954-1955, Cowden and Koskinen, Certified Public Accountants, 1958-1964, Cowden, Koskinen & Westenrider, Certified Public Accountants, 1964-1965.
Private practice accounting, Concord, California, since 1965.
Acting head cost department, head branch factory ledger accountant Cherry-Burrell Corporation, Cedar Rapids, 1942-1948. Semi-senior accountant Allen & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Des Moines, 1948-1950. Stores auditor, trainee foreign assistant controllership Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, 1950-1952.
Internal auditor Contra Costa County, Martinez, California, 1952-1957. Staff accountant Heruth-Thyken & Smith, 1954-1955, Cowden and Koskinen, Certified Public Accountants, 1958-1964, Cowden, Koskinen & Westenrider, Certified Public Accountants, 1964-1965. Private practice accounting Concord, California, 1965-1999.
Retired, 1999.
Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute Management Accountants (secretary, director Oakland-East Bay chapter, Most Valuable member 1961-1962, 63-64), California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Estate Planning Council Diablo Valley, Concord Chamber of Commerce (director 1962-1965), Masons, Elks (Concord, California).
Married Kathryn Roseanna Phillips, March 21, 1943. Children: James Franklin, Patricia Kathryn Cowden Seifert.