Henry Rowan

Henry Madison "Hank" Rowan Jr. (December 4, 1923 – December 9, 2015) was an American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist.

He was the founder of Inductotherm Corp. and the first person to give a $100 million donation to school of higher education in the US, which he gave to Glassboro State College of New Jersey, which was renamed Rowan College of New Jersey later Rowan University in his honour.

Early life and education Rowan was born in Raphine, Virginia, on December 4, 1923, to Henry Rowan Sr. and Margaret Frances Boyd Rowan.

He grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and, after serving as a bomber pilot in World War II with the United States Army Air Forces, attended Williams College and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with honors with a degree in electrical engineering.

Career Early career Rowan originally worked for Ajax Electrothermic Corporation in Trenton, New Jersey.

Later life and death Rowan competed in the 1992 Olympic Sailing trials in Miami,

On December 9, 2015, Rowan died at the age of 92.