Jonathan Cowan
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{{short description|Co-founder of Third Way (born 1965)}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Jonathan J. "Jon" Cowan''' |
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| ⚫ | '''Jonathan J. "Jon" Cowan''' is the President and a co-founder of [[Third Way (United States)|Third Way]], a self-described centrist think tank.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thirdway.org/about|title=About Third Way|website=Third Way|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13}} |
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==Early life and education== |
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Cowan was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 9, 1965. Cowan was raised in Los Angeles for the majority of his childhood. He graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1987 with a degree in English. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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From 1989 to 1992, Cowan was Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant to Congressman [[Mel Levine|Mel Levine (D-CA)]]. Cowan then focused on political advocacy because he believed no one was acting as an "activist social-change agent in [his] generation."{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-11-we-7554-story.html|title=GENERATION X : 'Revolution X' Calls a Generation to Action|last= |
From 1989 to 1992, Cowan was Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant to Congressman [[Mel Levine|Mel Levine (D-CA)]]. Cowan then focused on political advocacy because he believed no one was acting as an "activist social-change agent in [his] generation."{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-11-we-7554-story.html|title=GENERATION X : 'Revolution X' Calls a Generation to Action|last=Buzbee|first=John|date=1994-12-11|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-07-13|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}} With the bipartisan help of former U.S. senators [[Paul Tsongas]] (D-MA) and [[Warren Rudman]] (R-NH), Cowan co-founded, with [[Rob Nelson (talk show host)|Rob Nelson]], the organization [[Lead or Leave|Lead...or Leave]] in 1992.{{Cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/14/weekinreview/the-nation-lead-or-leave-asks-who-s-spending-our-inheritance.html | title= 'Lead . . . or Leave' Asks: Who's Spending Our Inheritance?| work = The New York Times | date = March 14, 1993 | author = Felicity Barringer}} The organization, with no paying members,{{cite news |url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_sale_of_a_generation |title=State of the Debate: The Sale of a Generation |work= The American Prospect |author=Heather McLeod |date= March 21, 1995}} was primarily funded by American businessman [[Peter George Peterson|Pete Peterson]].{{cite news |url=https://fair.org/extra/the-generation-gambit |work=Extra! |date=March–April 1997 |title=The Generation Gambit: The Right's Imaginary Rift Between Young and Old| first1 =Hans | last1 = Riemer | author-link1 = Hans Riemer (Maryland politician) | first2 = Christopher | last2 = Cuomo |publisher=Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) |quote = }} In 1994, Cowan and Nelson co-authored the book ''Revolution X: A Survival Guide for Our Generation''. |
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During the second [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], Cowan served as Chief of Staff of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]]. During that presidency, Cowan also served as Senior Advisor to Secretary [[Andrew M. Cuomo]] and as Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs under Secretary [[Henry Cisneros]].{{Cite news|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/02/institute-of-politics-announces-fellows-for-spring-2000/|title=Institute of Politics Announces Fellows for Spring 2000|date=2000-02-03|work=Harvard Gazette|access-date=2017-07-13|language=en-US}} |
During the second [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], Cowan served as Chief of Staff of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]]. During that presidency, Cowan also served as Senior Advisor to Secretary [[Andrew M. Cuomo]] and as Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs under Secretary [[Henry Cisneros]].{{Cite news|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/02/institute-of-politics-announces-fellows-for-spring-2000/|title=Institute of Politics Announces Fellows for Spring 2000|date=2000-02-03|work=Harvard Gazette|access-date=2017-07-13|language=en-US}} |
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