Jean Lowry

Background

Lowry, Jean was born on February 7, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Ellsworth and Ethel (Stryker) Lowry.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Pennsylvania State University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Yale University, 1951.

Career

Junior economist non-metallic minerals section, Office Price Administration, Washington, 1942-1943; consultant quartz crytsal section, Board Economics Warfare, Washington, 1943; from junior to assistant geologist groundwater section, United States Geological Survey, Jamaica, New York from junior to assistant geologist groundwater section, United States Geological Survey, and New Haven, 1943-1949; district geologist, Virginia Geological Survey, Wytheville, 1949-1957; professor geology, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1958-1983; professor emeritus, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, since 1983. Visiting professor U. Concepción, Chile, 1962-1963.

Achievements

• Jean Lowry has been listed as a noteworthy geology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Greenville Bi-Racial Committee, 1972-1974. President Pitt County chapter American Civil Liberties Union, Greenville, 1973-1975.

Interests

• Avocation: loafing.

Connections

Father:

Ellsworth Lowry

Mother:

Ethel (Stryker) Lowry