Gardner Kõlz Cowles

Background

Cowles, Gardner Kõlz was born on February 28, 1861 in Oskalossa, Iowa, United States.

Career

S. William Fletcher and Maria Elizabeth (LaMonte) C. Bachelor of Arts, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1882, A.M., 1885. Doctor of Laws, Drake University, 1931.

Married Florence M. Call, December 3, 1884. Children: Helen (Mistress James D. Le Cron), Russell, Bertha C. Quarton, Florence (Mistress David S. Kruidenier), John, Gardner. In newspaper business since 1903.

Chairman of board, treasurer, publisher The Register and Tribune Company, Des Moines, Iowa, publications of Desmoines Register, Sunday Register, Des Moines Tribune. Member Iowa House of Republican 2 terms, 1899-1903. Appointed by President Hoover, member Commission on Conservation and Administration of Public Domain, 1929.

Director Reconstruction Finance Corporation, July 1932-April 1933. Independent Republican. Clubs: Des Moines, Prairie.

Achievements

• Gardner Kõlz Cowles has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper publisher by Marquis Who's Who.