John Curtis Gowan
Born: 21 May, 1912 Everett, Mass.
Died: 2 Dec., 1986 Westlake Village, Ca.
3 Children, 7 Grandchildren, 14+ Great-Grandchildren

Books:

Education and Guidance of the Ablest
JC Gowan and GD Demos 1964
Charles C. Thomas, Pub.

Annotated Bibliography of Creativity and Giftedness
JC Gowan 1965
Northridge, Ca.: San Fernando Valley State College Foundation

The Guidance of Exceptional Children
JC Gowan and GD Demos 1965
David Mckay Co., Inc. Pub.

The Disadvantaged and Potential Dropout
Compensatory Educational Programs - a Book of Readings
JC Gowan and GD Demos 1966

Creativity: Its Educational Implications
JC Gowan, GD Demos, and EP Torrance 1967
Wiley Pub.

Educating the Ablest
A Book of Readings on the Education of Gifted Children
JC Gowan and EP Torrance 1971
FE Peacock Pub. Inc.

Guidance Monograph Series
SC Stone and B Shertzer, Eds.
Series V: Guidance and the Exceptional Student
The Academically Talented Student and Guidance
JC Gowan and CB Bruch 1971
Houghton Mifflin

Development of the Creative Individual *
JC Gowan 1972
Robert R. Knapp, Pub.

The Guidance and Measurement of Intelligence, Development, and Creativity
JC Gowan 1972
Privately Printed

The Guidance of Exceptional Children, 2nd Ed.
JC Gowan, GD Demos, and CJ Kokaska 1972
David McKay Co., Inc. Pub.

Development of the Psychedelic Individual *
JC Gowan 1974
Privately Printed (as a text for the 20th CPSI)

The Northridge Developmental Scale *
JC Gowan 1974
(also available as appendix A pp 275-287 in "Development of the Psychedelic Individual"

Trance, Art, and Creativity *
JC Gowan 1975
Privately Printed (as a text for the 21st CPSI)

Operations of Increasing Order *
JC Gowan 1980
Privately Printed

Creativity: Its Educational Implications 2nd Ed.
JC Gowan, J Khatena, and EP Torrance 1981
Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Enveloped in Glory
JC Gowan 1982
Privately Printed

Plus more than 100 papers in professional journals.

* Available in full and in part, without charge, on his memorial website:
http://www.csun.edu/edpsy/Gowan

Education:

Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass. 1929
Harvard A.B., 1933 Ed. M. 1935
UCLA Ed. D. 1953

Employment:

Instructor at North Hampton School for Boys, New Hampshire 1935-41
Instructor at Culver Military Academy, Indiana, 1941-52
Instructor at L.A. City College, Ca 1953-57
Professor of Education, Calif. State Univ. Northridge, Ca 1957-75; Emeritus

Fulbright Lecturer: University of Singapore 1962-3
Visiting Lecturer:
University of Hawaii, 1965, 1967
So. Conn. State College 1969 - 70
University of Canterbury, N.Z. 1970
Massey University, N.Z. 1975

Awards:

Outstanding Professor, UC Northridge, Dec., 1973
Distinguished Leader Award, CPSI

Professional Associations:

President 1972-3, The Association for Gifted, CEC
President 1974-5, Executive Director 1975-9, National Association for Gifted Children
Editor 1975-9, The Gifted Child Quarterly
Fellow, Div. 15, Div. 16, American Psychological Association