Background
Lowell, John was born on September 3, 1919 in Westwood, Massachusetts. Son of Ralph and Charlotte (Loring) Lowell.
Lowell, John was born on September 3, 1919 in Westwood, Massachusetts. Son of Ralph and Charlotte (Loring) Lowell.
AB, Harvard University, 1942.
With Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, 1946-1971, vice chairman, 1966-1971. Also director, member executive committee. Director Boston Company, 1966-1971.
Partner Welch & Forbes, Boston, since 1971. Trustee Managed Cash Account Trust, Massachusetts Capital Development Fund, Massachusetts Finance Bond Fund, Massachusetts Finance Development Fund, Massachusetts Finance Emerging Growth Trust, Mas. Finance Special Fund, Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund, Massachusetts Finance Total Return Trust, Massachusetts Cash Management Fund, Massachusetts Finance International Trust, Massachusetts Managed Municipal Bond Trust, Massachusetts Finance Tax-Exempt Money Market Trust, Massachusetts Finance High Income Trust, Massachusetts Cash Management Fund, Massachusetts Investors Trust, MFS Municipal Income Trust.
Board directors Provident Institution Savings, MFS Multimkt. Intcome Trust.
Treasurer Committee Central Business District, Incorporated, 1966-1977, Massachusetts Council Churches, 1962-1966, New England Grenfell Association, since 1960, chairman WGBH Educational Foundation, treasurer Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1972-1975, Massachusetts History Society, moderator Town of Nahant, 1961-1987, Nahant Village Church, member Nahant School Committee, 1953-1956, chairman, 1956, trustee Bangor Theological Seminary, 1952-1972, Boston College, 1970-1979, Boston Episcopalian Charitable Society, Boston Museum Fine Arts, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 1981-1987, Lowell Institute, Masonic Education and Charity Trust, Franklin Technology Institute, 1960-1978, Harvard Mutual Foundation, Museum of Science, Massachusetts Taypayers Foundation, 1962-1972, Peddock's Island Trust, Noble & Greenough School, 1966-1974, Northeastern University, Shaw Foundation, trustee Boston Hospital Women, pres, 1972-1976, chairman 1976-1981, trustee Perkins School Blind, vice president, 1971-1976, trustee United States Ship Constitution Museum, Wheelock College, chairman, 1965-1972, trustee Massachusetts Charitable Society, president, 1977-1979, board managers Greater Boston Charitable Trust, 1964-1972, chairman, 1972, board directors Massachusetts division American Cancer Society, 1980-1987, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Masonic Home Corporation, Boston Harbor Association, 1985-1987, board directors, assistant treasurer International Grenfell Association, incorporator Dana Hall Schools, United Community Services, United South End Settlements, board governors Public Broadcasting Service, Washington, 1972-1980. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Boston Security Analysts Society (president 1960-1961), Financial Analysts Federation (vice president 1960-1963), Boston Economic Club, Society of Cincinnati, Society Colonial Wars. Clubs: Harvard, Masons, Union (Boston).
Married Eleanor Trumbull, May 29, 1942. Children: John, Mistress Thomas S. Allan, Mary Winsor, William Amory, Eleanor.