Background
McCown, Shaun Michael Patrick was born on September 10, 1949 in Canton, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard Eugene and Jessie Mae (Jarrard) McCown.
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McCown, Shaun Michael Patrick was born on September 10, 1949 in Canton, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard Eugene and Jessie Mae (Jarrard) McCown.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry summa cum laude, University Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, 1968. Bachelor of Science in Physics magna cum laude, University Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, 1969. Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry, Northeast Louisiana University, 1978.
Postgraduate, S. Texas College Law, since 1990. Juris Doctor, S. Texas College Law, 1994.
Assistant chemist, Vinings (Georgia) Chemical Company, 1969-1973;
group leader, chemist, Woodson-Tennent laboratories, Memphis, 1973-1976;
senior chemist, Water and Air Research, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, 1978-1980;
senior chemist, Beckman Instrumenta/Altex Division, Berkeley, California, 1980-1985;
senior product specialist, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Houston, 1985-1987;
proprietor, Analytical Chromatography Support and LegalChem., Houston, since 1987;
executive vice president, McCown & McCown Translators, Inc., Houston, since 1994. Associate referee chemist Association Official Analytical Chemists, Arlington, Virginia, 1978-1983, general referee, 1987-1990. Researcher, writer American Bar Association Control and East European Law Initiative, 1992-1993.
Mediator, coordinator Victim Offender Restitution Program Mediation Clinic, South Texas College Law. Qualified interpreter Harris County District Court Justices, Texas, since 1993.
Baritone Houston Oratorio Society, 1987-1990. Soloist, St. Mark's Episcopalian Church, Houston, 1989-1996. Counter tenor 1st Presbyterian Church, 1987-1989, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1990-1992.
Principal voice Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society, since 1991. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Royal Society Chemistry (London) (member and chartered chemist), American Chemical Society, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Sandra Kaye Adkins, October 19, 1972 (divorced 1988). Children: Alexandra Silveria, Adrian Christopher Patrick, Julia Roxanne. Married Laurie Gail Rutherford, October 28, 1989 (divorced 1996).