Background
Cowart, Griggsby Thomas was born on August 19, 1919 in Atlanta. Son of Griggsby Thomas and Gilley Pearl (Johnson) Cowart.
Cowart, Griggsby Thomas was born on August 19, 1919 in Atlanta. Son of Griggsby Thomas and Gilley Pearl (Johnson) Cowart.
Bachelor, Emory University, Georgia, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, Georgia, 1944.
Intern Emory (Georgia) University Hospital, 1944—1945, assistant resident surgery, 1945—1946. Resident urology Larson General Veterans Administration Hospital, Chamblee, 1946—1951. Chief urology Atlanta (Georgia) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1951—1954, consultant, 1955—1985.
Private practice urology, 1954—1985. Clinical associate professor surgery urology School Medicine Emory (Georgia) University, 1964—1980. President J.C. Thoroughman Surgical Society, Atlanta, 1973—1974.
Captain medical corporations United States Army, 1946-1948.
Volunteer director stadium The Atlanta (Georgia) Braves, 1973—1986. Fellow: American College of Surgeons. Member: American Medical Association (various committees), Southeastern Urological Association, American Urological Association, Southern Medical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu.
Married Anne Henderson, March 4, 1944. Children: Dorothy Anne, Griggsby Thomas Junior.