Background
Cowden, Ronald Reed was born on July 9, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert and Martel (Braswell) Cowden.
cell biologist biomedical educator
Cowden, Ronald Reed was born on July 9, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert and Martel (Braswell) Cowden.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, Austria, 1956.
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1956-1957; assistant professor biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1957-1959; assistant member cell biology, Institute for Muscle Disease, New York City, 1960-1961; assistant professor pathology, U. Florida J.H. Miller Health Center, Gainesville, 1962-1966; associate professor anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1966-1968; professor, chairman biological Science, U. Denver, 1968-1972; professor, chairman anatomy, Albany (New York) Medical College, 1972-1975; associate dean basic science, East Tennessee U. College Medicine, Johnson City, 1975-1980; department chairman biophysics, East Tennessee U. College Medicine, Johnson City, 1980-1986; retired, East Tennessee U. College Medicine, Johnson City, 1986. Trustee Bermuda Biolog. Station, St. Georges, Bermuda, 1968-1978.
Fellow Royal Microscopical Society, American Association Zoologists, American Society Cell Biology, Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Association Southeastern Biologists, Society Western Naturalists, Society for Development Biology, Histochem. Society North America (program chairman 1981-1984).
Married Beverly Marie Louise Sherwood, August 23, 1956.