Background
Cowan, George Arthur was born on February 15, 1920 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Abraham and Anna (Listic) Cowan.
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Cowan, George Arthur was born on February 15, 1920 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Abraham and Anna (Listic) Cowan.
Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1941. Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2002. Doctor of Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1950.
Doctor of Science and Technology (honorary), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2002. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003.
Research assistant, Princeton University, 1941-1942;
research assistant, University of Chicago, 1942-1945;
member of staff, Columbia University, New York City, 1945;
member of staff, director research, senior fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1945-1946, 49-88;
senior fellow emeritus, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, since 1988;
teaching fellow, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1946-1949. Chairman, Board Of Directors Trinity Capital Corporation, Los Alamos, 1974-1995. President Santa Fe Institute, 1984-1991.
Member The White House Science Council, Washington, 1982-1985, consultant, 1985-1990, Air Force Technology Applications Center, 1952-1988. Chairman Los Alamos National Bank, 1965-1994. Board directors Title Guaranty, Inc., Universal Properties, incorporated.
Board directors Santa Fe Opera, 1964-1979. Treasurer Santa Fe Opera Foundation, 1970-1979. Regent New Mexico Institute of Technology Socorro, 1972-1975.
President The Delle Foundation. Board directors Advisory Board Center Neural Basis Cognition, Carnegie-Mellon University. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Chemical Society, New Mexico Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Dunham, September 9, 1946.