People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

7 October, 1919
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

8 December, 2011 (aged 92)
Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

Parkinson's

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Jewish

Education

• St Kilda Park State School (Melbourne)
• Scotch College (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne
• Oxford University

Occupation

• academic
• governor-general
• legal scholar
• navy officer
• university vice-chancellor

Awards

• Rhodes Scholar
• Knight Bachelor
• Knight of the Order of Australia
• Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
• Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Legacies

• Sir Zelman Cowen Endowment Fund (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
• Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund Student Fellowship (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
• Zelman Cowen National Scholarship (Melbourne University)
• Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings (Royal Australian Institute of Architects)

Key Organisations

• Australian National Academy of Music (Melbourne)
• John Fairfax Ltd
• St Kilda Football Club (Melbourne)
• Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU)
• British Press Council

Workplaces

• Oxford University
• University of Melbourne (law)
• University of New England (NSW)
• University of Queensland