Albert E. Cowdrey
Educated at Tulane University (B.A. 1956; Ph.D. 1971) and Johns Hopkins (M.A. 1957), Albert E. Cowdrey was a historian for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and, for many years, the U.S. Army Center of Military History. As Chief of the U.S. Army's Special History Branch in Washington, DC, he wrote extensively about the medical branches of the Army.
“Well, we all come to it in time - we are broken down to ground-level, and must construct ourselves anew. If we survive, we become stronger: with few exceptions we do not become better. For most of us, when all else has failed, turn to the demon. ("The Overseer")”
Albert E. Cowdrey
“So, Mr. Nick,' murmured the valet, applying shaving soap to his employer's face with an ivory-handled brush, 'are you writing a book?'Damn him, thought Lerner. He knows I detest conversation with a razor at my throat.'My memoirs,' he muttered. 'A few jottings only. Waiting to die is such a bore, I write to pass the time.' ("The Overseer")”
Albert E. Cowdrey