Background
Cowan, John Joseph was born on November 14, 1932 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Helen Marie (Frame) Cowan.
Cowan, John Joseph was born on November 14, 1932 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Helen Marie (Frame) Cowan.
LaSalle College (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, 1959). Member, 1957-1959 and Senior Advisor Editor, 1958-1959, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Teaching Fellow, Stanford University Law School, 1959 General Attorney, The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, 1968-1979.
Lieutenant, United States. Army, 19541956. Working as a partner of JOHN J. COWAN. Admitted to the bar, 1960, District of Columbia. 1964, Ohio; 1968, West Virginia.
Major clients of JOHN COWAN: REPRESENTATIVE Clients. M.C I Telecommunications Inc. C.R.S. Financial Service, Inc.
Tech Center Federal Credit Union. P-l-E Nationwide, Inc. West Virginia Spring & Radiator Company.
Alexander & Alexander, Inc. Charleston Cash Register Company. Cha-Tel Federal Credit Union.
Mac's Wrecker Service, Inc. Radio Telephone, Inc. Tandy Corporation; Tifco, Inc.
Long Distance Telephone Services, Inc., K.& G. Diesel Service, Inc., Radio Engineering & Maintenance Company. Inc.; West Virginia Statewide AAA Association. Southern West Virginia Automobile Club, GENERAL Counsel FOR: Williamson Oil Company.
Appalachian Tire Products, Inc. A & I Auto Supply; General Chemical & Coatings Corporation. Glenn Roberts Tire and Recapping Company.
United Grocers, Inc. Black's Supermarkets, Inc. D &, LOCAL Counsel FOR: Georgia-Pacific Corporation.
Fortune National Life Insurance Company. Crane Company; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Union Carbide Employees' Federal Credit Union.
UniRoyal Corporation. Weyerhaeuser Company. Island Creek Coal Company.
Municipal Mutual Insurance Company.
Senior advisory editor University Pennsylvania Law Review, 1958-1959.
Kanawha County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. West Virginia State Bar. The District of Columbia Bar.
[Lieutenant, United States. Army, 19541956] 1981. Counsel to the President, West Virginia Senate, 1981 Chief Counsel: Committee on Government Organization, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1986.
Committee on Finance, West Virginia Senate, 1987. Member: The West Virginia State Bar. West Virginia Bar Association.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants. West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (Charleston Chapter, President, 1988-1989).
Married Hilary Ann Gregory, December 29, 1960. Children: Daniel, Patrick, Meg, Jennifer.