Marie Jeanette Johnson Cowan (July 20, 1938 – February 22, 2008) was an American nurse and academic who conducted cardiovascular research.
She went to Munich through an exchange program with the University of Maryland, where she met a student named Samuel Cowan.
In 1961, on the day after Cowan completed a diploma in nursing at Mary's Help Hospital in San Francisco, she and Samuel were married.
[4] Cowan served on the first NIH peer review group established for nurses.
[7] The American Heart Association's Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing presents the Marie Cowan Promising Young Investigator Award to honor early-career researchers in the field.