John Whittemore Gowen

John Gowen
Born
John Whittemore Gowen

(1893-09-05)September 5, 1893
DiedSeptember 14, 1967(1967-09-14) (aged 74)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Maine
Columbia University
Known forGene expression
Radiation biology
Spouse
Marie Helena Stadler
(m. 1917⁠–⁠1967)
ChildrenElaine Stadler Gowen
Helen Marie Gowen
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
Genetics
InstitutionsIowa State College
Colorado State University
Thesis A Biometrical Study of Crossing Over: On the Mechanism of Crossing Over in the Third Chromosome of Drosophila Melanogaster  (1917)
Doctoral advisorsThomas Hunt Morgan
Edmund Beecher Wilson
Other academic advisorsRaymond Pearl
Doctoral studentsC. Clark Cockerham

John Whittemore Gowen (September 5, 1893 – September 14, 1967) was an American biologist and geneticist.