Gardner Cowles Jr.

Gardner "Mike" Cowles Jr.
Mike Cowles, photographed some time between 1940 and 1946
Born(1903-01-31)January 31, 1903[1]
DiedJuly 8, 1985(1985-07-08) (aged 82)
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationPublisher
Known forCowles Media Company
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Lois Thornburg
(m. 1933; div. 1946)
[2]
(m. 1946; div. 1955)

Jan Hochstraser (also known as Jan Streate Cox)
(m. 1956)
[2]
ChildrenLois Cowles Harrison, Kate Nichols, Gardner ("Pat") Cowles III, Jane, Virginia Kurtis, stepson Charles[2]
Parent(s)Gardner Cowles Sr. and Florence Call

Gardner "Mike" Cowles Jr. (1903–1985) was an American newspaper and magazine publisher. He was co-owner of the Cowles Media Company, whose assets included the Minneapolis Star, the Minneapolis Tribune, the Des Moines Register, Look magazine, and a half-interest in Harper's Magazine.[3]

  1. ^ Associated Press. "Look Magazine Founder Gardner Cowles," Los Angeles Times (July 9, 1985).
  2. ^ a b c Strentz, Herb."Gardner Cowles Jr. (Mike)", Cowles Family Publishing Legacy, Drake University, Cowles Library. Accessed January 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Domhoff, G. William. (1967). Who Rules America?. Prentice Hall, Inc. (Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 67-25926). pp. 67, 82.