Elizabeth H McGowan was born on April 15,1961 and is an American journalist and author.
10 Facts About Elizabeth McGowan
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Elizabeth McGowan met her husband, Don Looney, in 1991, when she decided to hike the entire Appalachian Trail after one of many cancer treatments; they married in 1997.
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Elizabeth McGowan earned her Bachelor of Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1983.
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In 1985, while living in Burlington, Vermont, she was diagnosed with melanoma, the same type of cancer that had taken her father, Ronald Elizabeth McGowan, who died of melanoma at age 44; she was 24 years old.
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Elizabeth McGowan moved to Wisconsin and began working full-time in December 1987, for the Janesville Gazette.
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Elizabeth McGowan continued to work even after a follow-up visit revealed that the cancer had returned.
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Elizabeth McGowan worked for the Gazette until the spring of 1991.
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Elizabeth McGowan returned to Wisconsin and in the mid 1990s, she worked for 5 years as a reporter for The Times Journal, covering government and writing feature articles.
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Elizabeth McGowan began her bicycle trip from Astoria, Oregon, to the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia, along the TransAmerica Trail, a 4,250-mile ride.
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In 2010, Elizabeth McGowan joined the staff of InsideClimate News, a non-profit news organization, as their Washington, DC correspondent.