Background
Cowdry, Edmund Vincent was born on July 18, 1888 in MacLeod, Alberta, Canada. Son of Nathaniel H. and Anna (Ingham) Cowdry.
Cowdry, Edmund Vincent was born on July 18, 1888 in MacLeod, Alberta, Canada. Son of Nathaniel H. and Anna (Ingham) Cowdry.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Toronto, 1909. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1913. Doctor of Science, Institutum Divi Thomae, Cincinnati, 1957.
Came to the United States, 1909, naturalized, 1930. Assistant and associate anatomy University of Chicago, 1909-1913, Johns Hopkins, 1913-1917. Professor Peking (China) Union Medical College, 1917-1921.
Associate member Rockefeller Institute, 1921-1928.
Professor cytology Washington University, 1928-1941, anatomy, 1941-1950. Director Wernse Cancer Research Laboratory, 1950-1960.
Director research Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, 1939-1948. Director research Science Associates, Incorporated., 1964.
Distinguished professor Institutum Divi Thomae, 1958-1975.
Harvey lecturer, 1923, Gross lecturer, 1924, Delamar lecturer, 1938, Christian Fenger lecturer, 1948. Visiting lecturer in oncology University of California, 1930. Conservation to United States Public Health Service, 1938-1946, member carcinogenesis panel, 1961.
Consultant Rand Development Corporation, 1961-1964, Cancer Institute Miami, 1955-1959, Virginia, 1956-1957.
Point 4 adviser in cancer Government India, also ABMAC adviser Republican of China, Formosa, 1952. Trustee Bermuda Biological Station, 1927-1941.
Patron, former member board directors American Cancer Society, National Cancer Foundation, American Association Cancer Research. President Union American Biological Societies, 1936-1938, 4th International Cancer Research Congress, 1947, 2d International Gerontological Congress, 1951.
American Association Cancer Research, 1951, Gerontological Society, 1952, International Association Gerontology, 1951-1954.
Honorary president 1st Pan-American Gerontological Congress, 1956, 1st Pan-American Cancer Cytology Congress, 1957. President International Symposium Cellular Chemistry, 1970. Vice president American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists, Section North. of American Association for the Advancement of Science Chairman division medical science National Research Council, 1930-1931, National Science Council, City of Hope, 1954-1960, Virginia Advisory Committee on Aging, 1956-1957.
Member advising committee Fels Institute Child Development, International Committee Study Infantile Paralysis, Yellow Fever Commission Rockefeller Foundation, Cancer Prevention Committee, also various medical and science societies.
Married Alice Hanford Smith, December 20, 1916. Children: Edmund Vincent, Alice Moira, Margaret Hanford.