Background
Cowley, R. Adams was born on July 25, 1917 in Layton, Utah, United States. Son of William Wallace and Alta Louise (Adams) Cowley.
Cowley, R. Adams was born on July 25, 1917 in Layton, Utah, United States. Son of William Wallace and Alta Louise (Adams) Cowley.
Student, University Utah, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1944.
Intern, U. Maryland. Hospital, 1944-1945;
resident in surgery, U. Maryland. Hospital, 1945-1946, 48-49;
junior clinical instructor, senior clinical instructor thoracic surgery, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1949-1951;
fellow in experimental surgery, U. Maryland. Medical School, 1947-1948;
director cardiopulmonary laboratory, U. Maryland.
Medical School, 1951-1962;
associate department surgery, U. Maryland. Medical School, 1953-1955;
member of faculty, U. Maryland. Medical School, 1955-1991;
chairman division thoracic surgery, U. Maryland.
Medical School, 1961-1970;
professor thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, U. Maryland. Medical School, 1961-1991. Director Maryland. Institute Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Systems, 1973-1991.
Past member coms.NRC. Member National Highway Safety Advisory Committee, 1978-1981, Maryland. Highway Safety Coordinating Committee, 1978-1991.
Maryland. governor's special advisor on trauma and emergency medical services, 1990. Papers collected by U. Utah.
Elder Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church Officer Medical Corps, United States Army, 1946-1947. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Society Vascular Surggry, American Association Automotive Medicine, American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons (a founder), Baltimore Medical Society, Medical and Chirurgical Society Maryland., John Alexander Society, American Trauma Society (a founder, William S. Stone lecturer 1978), International Cardiovascular Society, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, American Association for Surgery Trauma, Shock Society, International Society Surgery, Society Medical Cons.
Armed Forces, Southern Surgical Congress, Society Critical Care.
Married Roberta S. Cowley. Children: R. Adams II, Kaye Pace.