Myron M. Cowen

Myron Cowen (satanding, right), with U.S. President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) and Philippines President Elpidio Quirino (seated, right)

Myron Melvin Cowen (1898 - 1965) was an American lawyer and diplomat, who served as US Ambassador to Australia, Belgium and Philippines.[1]

Biography

Cowen was born on 25 January 1898 in Logan, Iowa. His father was Aaron Harry and mother was Dora T. Blala Cowen. Cowen studied in Wofford College of Spartanburg, S.C. from 1914-1915 and graduated from Drake University of Des Moines in 1918.[2] From 1919 to 1926, he practiced law in Des Moines. From 1926 to 1933, he was the commissioner for the US court of Appeals in Washington D.C, where he continued his legal practice from 1935 to 1948. He was appointed US Ambassador to Australia from 1948 to 1949 and afterwards served as US ambassador to Philippines from 1949 to 1952. He expected a less corrupt and capable government for Philippine and suggested a covert action to oust then Philippine president, Elpidio Quirino. From 1952 - 1953, he was US ambassador to Belgium. Until his death on November 1, 1965 in Washington, D.C. he practiced law.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Truman Library - Myron M. Cowen Papers
  2. ↑ World Biography. Institute for Research in Biography. 1954. p. 235.
  3. ↑ Shavit, David (1990). The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 112. ISBN 9780313267888.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Robert Butler		 United States Ambassador to Australia
1948–1949 		Succeeded by
Pete Jarman
Preceded by
Emmet O'Neal		 United States Ambassador to the Philippines
1949–1951 		Succeeded by
Raymond A. Spruance
Preceded by
Robert Daniel Murphy		 United States Ambassador to Belgium
1952–1953 		Succeeded by
Frederick M. Alger, Jr.
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