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Dr. Cowen is President and Seymour S. Goodman Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Tulane University, a position he has held since 1998. Prior to that Dr. Cowen served as Dean and Albert J. Weatherhead, III Professor of Management, Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Cowen serves as a director of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (specialty store retailer), Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (conglomerate corporation engaged in real estate development, sales, investment, construction and lumber wholesale) and Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (consumer home products). Dr. Cowen is also a member of the boards of the American Council on Education, serving on several of the organization's committees, and of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (educational institutions). In addition, he sits on several community boards, including those of the New Orleans Business Council, New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Greater New Orleans and Committee for a Better New Orleans. | 