Walter Lowen

Background

Lowen, Walter was born on May 17, 1921 in Cologne, Germany. Came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1945.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State College, 1943. Master of Science, North Carolina State College, 1947. Student, Oak Ridge School Reactor Technology, 1955.

Doctor of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1963.

Career

Instructor, North Carolina State College, 1943-1947; faculty, Union College, Schenectady, 1947-1968; professor mechanic engineering, Union College, 1956-1968; chairman division engineering, Union College, 1956-1960, 66-67; acting chairman mechanic engineering department, Union College, 1959-1960; department chairman, Union College, 1966-1967; professor, director School Advanced Technology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1967-1968; dean School Advanced Technology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1968-1977; professor systems science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1968-1990; Thomas J. Watson school professor emeritus, State University of New York, Binghamton, since 1991. Consultant Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Alco Products, Institute Applied Technology of National Bureau Standards. Adjunct faculty International Business Machines Corporation Systems Research Institute, 1979-1989.

Vice chairman Niskayuna School Centralization Building Committee, 1954. Co-founder Volunteers for International Technology Assistance, Inc.,1960—.

Achievements

• Walter Lowen has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • DICHOTOMIES OF THE MIND, A SYSTEMS SCIENCE MODEL OF THE MIND AND PERSONALITY. ISBN 0-471-08331-3.

    (NY 1982 1st Wiley. ISBN 0-471-08331-3. Sm.4to., 314pp., h...)

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (section vice-chairman local chapter 1959-1960), American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Sylvia Lowen, May 22, 1943. Children: Robert Gary, John Gordon.

Spouse:

Sylvia Lowen

child:

John Gordon Lowen

child:

Robert Gary Lowen