Background
Cowan, Frederic Joseph was born on October 11, 1945 in New York City. Son of Frederic Joseph Senior and Mary Virginia (Wesley) Cowan.
Cowan, Frederic Joseph was born on October 11, 1945 in New York City. Son of Frederic Joseph Senior and Mary Virginia (Wesley) Cowan.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1967; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1978.
Volunteer, Peace Corps, Ethiopia, 1967-1969;
associate, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, 1979-1983;
partner, Rice, Porter, Seiller & Price, Louisville, 1983-1987;
attorney general, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1988-1992;
counsel, Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Manan, since 1992. Kentucky State Republican, 32d legislation district, 1982-1987. Chair Kentucky Child Support Enforcement Commission, 1988-1991, Kentucky Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Board, 1988-1991.
Board directors Kentucky Job Training Coordinating Council, Frankfort, Louisville Bar Foundation, 1986.
Vice chairman judiciary criminal committee Kentucky House of Representatives, 1985-1987. Chairman budget commission on justice Judiciary and Corrections Kentucky House of Representatives, 1985-1987, Leadership Kentucky, 1985. United States delegate election mission to Namibia National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1989.
United States delegate democratic institutions seminar National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Slovenia, 1992. Electoral supervisor Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Bosnia and Herzogovina, 1996. Member American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, Kentucky Academy Trial Attorneys.
Married Linda Marshall Scholle, April 28, 1974. Children: Elizabeth, Caroline, Allison.
