Background
Cowan, Mary Elizabeth was born on March 25, 1907 in Solon, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Charles Frederick and Edna May (Van Valkenburg) Cowan.
Cowan, Mary Elizabeth was born on March 25, 1907 in Solon, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Charles Frederick and Edna May (Van Valkenburg) Cowan.
Bachelor of Science, Denison University, 1929. Degree in medical technical, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1936.
Medical technical, E. 100th St. Medical Building Laboratory, Cleveland, 1936-1937;
medical technical, Cleveland Clinic, 1938-1939;
medical technical, supervisor trace evidence department, Cuyahoga County Coroner's Laboratory, Cleveland, 1939-1995. Lecturer Case Western Reserve U. Law-Medical Center, Cleveland, 1953-1992, police and attorneys, Cleveland, 1953-1995. Member People to People Forensic Science Project to Soviet Union, 1988.
Expert witness Court of First Instance, Manila, 1968, Court Justices of Common Pleas, various counties, Ohio.
Fellow American Academy Forensic Sciences (retired). Member Zonta International (secretary Cuyahoga Valley club 1959-1960, director 1960-1961), Alpha Phi (Distinguished Member 1972), Sigma Xi.