Background
Cowen, Joseph Eugene was born on November 5, 1946 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of James Wesley and Dorothy Cowen.
Cowen, Joseph Eugene was born on November 5, 1946 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of James Wesley and Dorothy Cowen.
Bachelor of Science, U. Missouri, 1969.
Junior engineer, Atlantic Richfield Company Pipeline Company, Independence, Kansas, 1969; junior engineer, Blaw-Knox Chemical Plants, Pittsburgh, 1970-1971; mechanic engineer, Bruce Williams Consulting Engineers, Joplin, Missouri, 1971-1972; engineering foreman, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Tire Company, Miami, Oklahoma, 1972-1975; senior chemical engineer, Gulf Oil Chemicals Company, Pittsburg, Kansas, since 1976. Consultant John S. Hill & Associations, Joplin, 1974-1986, Able Body Company, Inc., Joplin, 1974-1986, Atlas Powder Company, Duenueg, Missouri, 1983-1986.
Precinct committeeman Democratic Party, Joplin, 1976-1986, county chairman, Jasper County, Missouri, 1982-1986. Member Residential Design Review Committee, The Woodlands, Texas, since 1990. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NSPE, Society Manufacturing Engineers, National Fire Protection Association.
Married Sue Baker, June 6, 1970. Children; Clinton Wesley, Christina Michelle.