Warren Cowan

[8] While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Cowan majored in journalism and represented actress Linda Darnell.

[2] Cowan served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II for three years.

"[10] In 1950, Cowan staged the first celebrity charity-fundraiser, a golf tournament on behalf of motion picture director Frank Borzage.

[3] Rogers was the first agent to actively solicit public support for his client's nomination for an Academy Award, starting with Joan Crawford's performance in 1945's Mildred Pierce; she won Best Actress.

[11][12] He had one child with his second wife Barbara Rush, Fox News Channel reporter Claudia Cowan.

[13] His fourth marriage was to Barbara Gilbert-Cowan, daughter of comedy writer Harry Crane, to whom he remained married until his death.