Background
COWLES, John was born on May 27, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of the late John Cowles and of Elizabeth Bates.
COWLES, John was born on May 27, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of the late John Cowles and of Elizabeth Bates.
Phillips Exeter Academy, and Harvard College.
Joined Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company (now Cowles Media Company) 1953, Vice-President 1957-1968, President 1968-1973, 1979-1983. Chairman 1969-1973, Chairman 1973-1979. President Harper’s Magazine Incorporated.
1965-1968, Chairman 1968-1972.
Director Harper and Row, Publishers Incorporated. 1965-1981, Chairman 1968-1979.
Director Des Moines Register and Tribune Company since 1960, Associated Press, Guthrie Theatre Foundation 1960-1971, Minneapolis Foundation 197577, American New-spaper Pubrs. Association 1975-1977, et cetera: former Director Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, Phillips Exeter Academy, First Bank System, Incorporated.
(Minneapolis), et cetera; Campaign Chairman Minneapolis United Fund 1967.
Honorary Doctor of Letters (Simpson College) 1965.
Married Jane Sage Fuller in 1952.