He attended Baltimore City College, though his term there was interrupted by World War II.
Thomas served as a phone operator in Pearl Harbor before being discharged following the end of fighting in the Pacific Theater.
[3] Lowe served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the General Assembly, where he was known as a conservative,[2] before winning the position of Speaker of the House.
In 1973, rather than running for national office,[4][5] Lowe chose instead a position on the Court of Special Appeals—the state's second highest court—offered to him by then governor Marvin Mandel.
Lowe remained on the court until his death on June 13, 1984, of an aortic rupture during a heart attack.