Background
Gowen, Robert Fellows was born on December 30, 1883 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Sewell and Alice J. (Fellows) Gowen.
Gowen, Robert Fellows was born on December 30, 1883 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Sewell and Alice J. (Fellows) Gowen.
Graduate Mount Pleasant Military Academy, Ossining, New York, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1906, post-graduate, 1906-1907.
Thomas T. Chadeayne, October 7, 1921. Children—Mary Elizabeth, Charles Allen. Laboratory assistant to Professor T. Lyman, Harvard, 1907-1908.
With engineering department American Telephone
& Telephone Company, 1909-1912. Partner Ednl. Exhibit Company, Providence, 1912-1916.
Radio engineer De Forest Radio Telephone & Telephone Company, 1916. appointed chief engineer and plant manager, January 1, 1921.
Director Robert F. Gowen laboratories, Ossining, specializing in receiver design and construction, 1922-1930.
Attained record, New York to Chicago 900 miles (300 watts), and New York to Valley City, North Dakota, 1,500 miles (300 watts), in long distance radio telephone transmission on low power, January 1920. Founder 1st college radio club Harvard, 1906. Since 1928, producer 16 mm. non-theatrical motion-picture productions documentary industrial, commercial, educational).
Winner 4 “10 Best” awards.
“The Birth of Saint Mary's,” an history film, granted 2d place in 1937. “Ossining in Wartime.” A Pictorial Document of the Home Front during World World World War II, 1946 (selected for preservation in Library of Congress).
Member Kappa Gamma Chirurgical Club: Harvard (New New York
Married Grace Marie, daughter Children: Mary Elizabeth, Charles Allen.