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Biography. Signor Alberto Zelman was Lawyer, scholar, educator, but most of all, healer, Zelman Cowen () faced a difficult task in following the controversial John Kerr as Governor-General. He succeeded admirably, gaining respect from Australians of all political persuasions and stabilising a damaged office
Born: 7-10-1919. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Zelman Cowen was born in Melbourne on 7 October , the son of Bernard and Sarah Cohen. His father changed the family name to Cowen a few years after his birth. After studying locally, the boy won a scholarship to Melbourne’s Scotch College where he was Dux in
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COWEN, ZELMAN (–), Australian jurist and authority on constitutional law. Cowen, who was born in Melbourne, joined the Royal Australian Navy in After the war he was an adviser on constitutional problems to the British and U.S. military governments in Germany. From to he was a tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.Sir Zelman was Vice-Chancellor of Zelman Cowen was born in Melbourne on 7 October , the day of the death of Alfred Deakin. He sometimes suggested that this provided a personal link for him to the establishment of the Australian Commonwealth. He was the only son of Bernard Cohen and his wife Sara.