Mowen, Howard A. (Howard Alden), 1922-2009
Dates
- Existence: 21 August 1922 - 18 January 2009
biographical statement
Dr. Howard A. Mowen, professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University, was an accomplished scholar in Modern European and German history. Mowen joined the WMU faculty in 1949 and retired in 1982 after 32-1/2 years of service. Mowen served in Africa and Europe during WWII from 1942 to 1945, attached to the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment. He earned numerous medals and commendations and fought in some of the biggest operations of the war, including at Anzio, Ardennes, Salerno, Sicily, Normandy and Rhineland.
Citation:
Author: Jeanne Baron, WMU University RelationsCitation:
Howard A. Mowen : Obituary. Feb. 5, 2009 http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2009/02/015.htmlOccupations
Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:
May 1942. Russian Prisoners Cooking, 1942-05
Picture: POWs sitting around a fire, cooking a meal. Size: 11cm x 7.5cm
Mildenburg, Grete. Ernst Thälmann: Kandidat der roten Einheitsfront, Kanidat der proletarischen Jugend. City-Druckerei AG, Berlin: 1932.
Contains the combination of World War II ephemera, photographs and publications collected by both Mowen and Polk.
Moving into Position at Sakoline. June 1941, 1941-06
Picture: German troops invading a village. Size: 35cm x 26.5cm
Moving into Position at Sakoline. June 1941, 1941-06
Picture: German troops invading a village. Size: 12cm x 9cm
Münchener Mosaik, 1940-08-01
German magazine: No. 8. Illustrated. 68 pages. 22cm x 31cm (donated by Howard Mowen)
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, 1935-05-01
German newspaper: No. 13. Illustrated. 38 pages. 28cm x 38cm (donated by Howard Mowen)
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, 1941-09-25
German newspaper: No. 39. Illustrated. 22 pages. 28cm x 38cm(donated by Howard Mowen)
Münchner Illustrierte Presse
German newspaper: (Issue missing cover). Illustrated. 12 pages (incomplete). 28cm x 38cm (donated by Howard Mowen)
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, 1943-04-29
German newspaper: No. 17. Illustrated. 10 pages. 28cm x 38cm (donated by Howard Mowen)
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, 1943-09-02
German newspaper: No. 35. Illustrated. 10 pages. 28cm x 38cm (donated by Howard Mowen)