Background
Stowell, Robert Eugene was born on December 25, 1914 in Cashmere, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Eugene Francis and Mary (Wilson) Stowell.
Stowell, Robert Eugene was born on December 25, 1914 in Cashmere, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Eugene Francis and Mary (Wilson) Stowell.
Attended, Whitman College, 1933. Bachelor, Stanford University, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, 1944.
Fellow in cytology Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1940-1942. Research fellow Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, 1940-1942, research associate, 1942-1948. Assistant resident in pathology Barnes, McMillan, St. Louis Children's Hospitals, 1942-1943, resident in pathology, 1943-1944, assistant pathologist, 1944-1948.
Instructor in pathology Washington University School Medicine, 1943-1945, assistant professor, associate professor, 1948. Advanced medical fellow Institute for Cell Research, Stockholm, 1946-1947. Chairman department oncology University Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 1948-1951, professor pathology and oncology, director cancer research, 1948-1959, chairman, 1951-1959.
Science director Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1959-1967. Chairman department pathology School of Medicine University California, Davis, 1967-1969, assistant dean School Medicine, 1967-1972, professor pathology School Medicine, 1967-1982, professor emeritus, since 1982. Director division pathology Sacramento Medical Center, 1967-1969.
Visiting professor University Maryland School Medicine, Baltimore, 1960-1967. Acting director National Center for Primate Biology, University California, Davis, 1968-1969, director, 1969-1971. Consultant United States Atomic Energy commission, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1949-1954.
National Institutes of Health, 1949-1974. Cancer Control Division United States Public Health Service, 1949-1959, others. Member advisory medical board Leonard Wood Memorial foundation, Washington, 1965-1967, numerous universities.
Principal investigator, chairman Expert Panel on Authentication Review of Selected Materials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration Relative to Application of Searle Laboratory to Market Aspartame, 1977-1978. Assessment of the Practical Risk to Human Health from Nitrilotriacetic Acid in Household Laundry Products, 1984-1985.
Member American Medical Association. American Registry of Pathology (board director 1976-1983, executive committee 1976-1982, vice president 1976-1978, president 1978-1979, Distinguished Service Award 1995), American Association Cancer Research, American Association Pathologists (Gold-headed Cane Award 1990), American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists (councilor 1965-1972, vice president 1969-1970, president 1970-1971). American Society Clinical Pathologists.
American Society Experimental Pathology (councilor 1962-1966, vice president 1963-1964, president 1964-1965). California Medical Society. California Society Pathologists.
Binford-Dammin Society Infectious Disease Pathologists. College American Pathologists. Histochem. Society; International Academy Pathology (councilor 1954-1961, president-elect 1958-1959, president 1995-1960).
Distinguished Service Award 1970. Diamond Jubilee Award 1981. Stowell-Orbison Award established since 1982).
Society Cryobiology (board governor 1968-1971). Society Experimental Biology and Medicine. United States and Canada Academy Patholog;, Yolo County Medical Society.
Association Military Surgeons United States (sustaining membership award 1965), University Associated for Research and Education in Pathological (board director 1975-1990, secretary-treasurer 1978-1982, honorary director 1990-2002). Sigma Xi; Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Eva Mae (Chambers), December 1, 1945. Children: Susan Jane, Robert Eugene Junior.