Background
Mowry, Robert Wilbur was born on January 10, 1923 in Griffin, Georgia, United States. Son of Roy Burnell and Mary Frances (Swilling) Mowry.
Mowry, Robert Wilbur was born on January 10, 1923 in Griffin, Georgia, United States. Son of Roy Burnell and Mary Frances (Swilling) Mowry.
Bachelor of Science, Birmingham Southern College, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1946.
Rotating intern, U. Alabama Medical College, 1946-1947;
resident pathology, U. Alabama Medical College, 1947-1948;
senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1952;
fellow pathology, Boston City Hospital, 1949-1950;
assistant professor pathology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952-1953;
assistant professor pathology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1953-1954;
associate professor pathology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1954-1957;
professor, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1958-1989, professor emeritus, since 1989;
professor health services administration, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1976-1984;
director Anatomical Pathology Laboratory, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1960-1964;
director graduate programs in pathology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1964-1972. Senior scientist U. Alabama Institute Dental Research, 1967-1972, director autopsy services, 1975-1979. Visiting scholar department pathology U. Cambridge, England, 1972-1973.
Consultant Food and Drug Administration, 1975-1981.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1948-1952. Member American Society Investigative Pathology, International Academy Pathology, Biological Stain Commission (vice president 1974-1976, president 1976-1981, trustee since 1966), Society for Glycobiology, American Association University professors Pathology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Married Margaret Neilson Black, June 11, 1949. Children: Janet Lee, Robert Gordon, Barbara Annual.