Background
Cowett, Richard Michael was born on September 20, 1942 in New York City. Son of Allen Abraham and Sylvia (Kazin) Cowett.
Cowett, Richard Michael was born on September 20, 1942 in New York City. Son of Allen Abraham and Sylvia (Kazin) Cowett.
Bachelor cum laude, Lawrence College, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1968; Master of Arts ad eundem (honorary), Brown U., 1982.
Internship in pediatrics, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, 1968-1969;
junior assistant resident in pediatrics, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1969-1970;
assistant resident in medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1970-1971;
teaching fellow department pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1970-1971;
teaching fellow division biology and medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1974-1976;
assistant professor pediatrics division biology and medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1976-1981;
associate professor pediatrics division biology and medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1981-1989;
professor pediatrics division biology and medical science, Brown U., Providence, since 1989;
attending staff pediatrics, Women & Infants' Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, since 1976. Adjunct clinical instructor pediatrics Brown U., Providence, 1975-1976. Advisory county member Providence School Committee, 1981-1985.
Reviewer National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Member courtesy staff Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick, 1993, Brockton (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1993, Charleton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1994, St. Luke's Hospital, Newbedford, Massachusetts, 1994, Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1997. Member medical advising committee Maternal and Child Health Division, State of Rhode Island, 1977.
Member of the board of trustees Temple Beth El, Providence, 1981-1985. Major United States Air Force, 1971-1973. Member American Academy Pediatrics (section perinatal pediatrics), Rhode Island Academy Pediatrics, Perinatology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New England Perinatology Society (counselor 1977, president 1978), American Federation for Clinical Research, Society for Pediatric Research, American Diabetes Association, American Institute Nutrition, Perinatal Research Society, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, American Pediatric Society, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research.
Married Katherine Manz, 1966 (divorced1991). Children: Beth Ellen, Allison Ann, Allen Manz. Married Donna Elaine Drake, 1992.
1 child, Michael Elliott.
