Background
Rowan, Gerald Burdette was born on February 9, 1916 in Powersville, Missouri, United States. Son of M. C. and Blanch (Spidle) Rowan.
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Gerald Burdette Rowan
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, N.W. Missouri State College, 1937; Bachelor of Laws, Missouri U., 1940.
Career
Practice in, Marble Hill, 1940-1949;
practice in, Cape Girardeau, 1949-1959;
practice in, Kansas City, 1959-1981;
practice in, Eagle Rock, Missouri, since 1981. Member firm Frye & Rowan, 1940-1942, 46-49, Oliver & Oliver, 1949-1959. With legal department Kansas City Life Insurance Company, 1959-1976, senior vice president technical services, 1976-1981, also director.
Prosecuting attorney, Bollinger County, 1946-1949. City attorney, Cape Girardeau, 1954-1959.
Achievements
Membership
President Jackson County unit American Cancer Society, 1963-1965, 70-73. Chairman Missouri division American Cancer Society, 1974-1976. Member Missouri Park Board, 1965-1977.
Served with Field Artillery Army of the United States, 1943-1945, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member Missouri Bar Association (committee chairman), World Association Lawyers, Association Life Insurance Counsel, State City Attorneys Association (past president), Missouri Law School Alumni Association (past president), Order of Coif, Sigma Tau Gamma.
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Turner, December 24, 1939. Children: Sandra Josephine, Roger Turner.
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Nationality
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Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1937
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1940