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Don Karl Rowney

Port Clinton, Ohio

Nov 15, 1936 – Feb 19, 2022 (Age 85)

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BORN
November 15, 1936
DIED
February 19, 2022
AGE
85
LOCATION
Port Clinton, Ohio

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Don Karl Rowney November 15, 1936 - February 19, 2022Don Karl Rowney, a Professor of History at Bowling Green State University for 47 years, died Saturday, February 19, 2022, in hospice. The son of Roy and Marguerite (Chamberlain) Rowney, Don was born in Kokomo, Indiana, on November 15, 1936. Don...

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Professor Rowney was a great teacher and scholar...knowledgeable, passionate and generous. I remember not only his Russian / Soviet history classroom experience at BGSU, but also every text he chose for the course and why. Those books are still on my shelves. As circumstances evolved over the decades, and up to the present crisis, I often think back to that class, and about what his valuable perspective would be. I'm sad to read of his passing.