Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
A 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) guard from Lowell High School in San Francisco, California, Cowden played collegiately for Stanford University with his Lowell teammate, Don Burness. In 1942, Cowden was team captain and led Stanford to the 1942 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, in which he played all 40 minutes and scored 5 points. He earned first-team All-PCC honors.
After his basketball career, Cowden worked for Pan Am and served as director of their Southeast Asia office.
He died in San Francisco in 2007.
He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.