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Creator:
Stowell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-
Title: Robert E. Stowell Papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-2011
Extent:
22.8 linear feet
Abstract: Robert E. Stowell (1914-2011) served as Scientific Director of the Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology (1959-1967) and founding Chair of the Department of Pathology at the University of California, Davis
School of Medicine. His Papers contain biographical materials, his writings and correspondence, as well as his slide collection
which documents his travels around the world. Also included are files related to organizations that he was affiliated with
including: Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology (UAREP), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
and American Registry of Pathology (ARP).
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-452
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Robert Eugene Stowell was born on December 25, 1914 in Cashmere, Washington. He received a B.A. from
Stanford University in 1936, an M.D. from Stanford Medical School in 1941, and a PhD in Pathology from
Washington University in 1944. After medical school, Stowell worked as a research assistant at the Barnard
Free Skin and Cancer Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and then as Assistant Professor of Pathology at
Washington University. He spent 1946-1947 as an Advanced Medical Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund at the
Institute for Cell Research in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1948, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of
Oncology at the University of Kansas and in 1951 he was made Chairman of the Department of Pathology and
Oncology.
Stowell served as Scientific Director at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology from 1959-1967. In 1967, he
came to the University of California, Davis (UCD) as the founding Chair of the Department of Pathology at
the School of Medicine. He served as chair until June 1969, when he became Director of the UCD Primate
Center. He returned to the Pathology Department in 1971 and retired in 1982.
Stowell passed away on November 20, 2011.
The collection contains biographical materials, Stowell's writings and correspondence, as well as his slide collection which
documents his travels around the world. Also included are files related to organizations that he was affiliated with including:
Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology (UAREP), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and American
Registry of Pathology (ARP).
The collection is arranged in 11 series: 1. Biographical Materials, 2. Writings, 3. Correspondence, 4.
Research Materials, 5. Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology (UAREP), 6. Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology (AFIP) and American Registry of Pathology (ARP), 7. Conferences and Travel, 8. UC Davis, 9. Photographs, 10.
Audiovisual Materials, 11. Memorabilia.
Special Collections also holds two oral history interviews of Stowell. The first interview was conducted in 1995 by Joann
Leach Larkey for the project to mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the School of Medicine titled,
Chairmen of the Department of Medical Pathology, University of California, Davis,
1967-1996.
The second interview was conducted by the UC Davis Emeriti Association in 2002.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Stowell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene),
1914---Archives.
University of California,
Davis--Faculty--Archives
University of California, Davis. School of
Medicine. Dept. of Pathology
Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.)
California National Primate Research Center
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara was assisted by student employee Michelle Xie in the processing of this collection. This finding aid, which
was created in part from lists that were provided by Susan Stowell at the time of donation, was updated in 2013 to reflect
additions to the collection.
Donated by Professor Stowell.
[Identification of item], Robert E. Stowell Papers, D-452, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.