Material relating to the activities and interests of Donald Cowan, apart from his career at the University of Waterloo. This includes a paper written on the CANDU Reactor transfer functions, a WATCOM annual report, and the Canada's Technology Triangle presentation cover.

A letter from Ralph G. Stanton to Donald Cowan regarding graduate courses available at the University of Waterloo in the Faculty of Mathematics in Fall 1960. In the letter, Stanton requests that Cowan review a list of course descriptions (not included in this file) and select which he would be most interested in as required for a Masters degree. File also includes Donald Cowan's reply to Stanton outlining the five courses that held the most interest for him.

A report titled, "CANDU reactor transfer functions" by Donald Cowan. The report is fifty-three pages and contains the following imprint: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Nuclear Power Plant Division, TDSI - 27, Toronto, Ontario. According to the introduction, the "context of this report is the mathematical derivation of these transfer functions and the presentation of the open-loop amplitude and phase response for different reactor power levels." In 1960, Donald Cowan worked as a Research Assistant at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The report is stamped: "not for publication."

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes correspondence, particularly to various CANUNET committees, reports, a survey of universities by the Canadian Computer/Communications Task Force, a report on the design concept for CANUNET by Joseph B. Reid with comments from the University of Waterloo, notes, and related items.

A booklet titled, "IBM academic partners for higher education" published by Academic Information Systems (ACIS). In the booklet, Donald Cowan is listed as an IBM Consulting Scholar. A short biographical paragraph and picture of Donald Cowan is included in the booklet on page 7. According to the booklet, "IBM Consulting Scholars are practicing academic professionals whose affiliations are with education, engineering, English, physical sciences, medicine, and other disciplines...They are available to visit your campus. As independent consultants to ACIS they also provide important advice on directions that IBM and ACIS should take with respect to programs and product offerings." Also includes one pamphlet titled, "IBM Consulting Scholar Program," published by ACIS in 1990.

A typed manuscript titled, "A partial census of trivalent generalized Moore graphs" by V.G. Cerf, Donald Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. The manuscript is one hundred and four pages. Also includes a photocopy of the same article, possibly from the source of publication. This photocopy is twenty-seven pages.

A typed manuscript (final draft, photocopy) titled, "Sequential optimization methods for determining the zeros of polynomials" by Gerald Berman and Donald D. Cowan. The manuscript is twenty-five pages. This paper was presented at the Fifth National Conference of the Computer Society of Canada in May 1966.

Two typed manuscripts titled, "Some thoughts on the construction of programs - a data-directed approach" by Donald Cowan and Carlos J. P. Lucena, Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One manuscript is a draft (photocopy) with annotations and is seventeen pages. The second manuscript is a master copy (photocopy) and is five pages.

Two copies of a manuscript titled, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce" by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham in August 1983. Both copies are sixty-eight pages.

Correspondence sent and received by Donald Cowan regarding the manuscript, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce." The report was written by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. Also includes notes, published articles, one draft copy of the report that was returned to Donald Cowan from a reviewer, and related items.

Correspondence received by Donald Cowan regarding the manuscript, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce." The report was written by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. Also includes notes and published articles.

A typed manuscript (photocopy) titled, "A UNIX and AIX primer" by Donald Cowan. The manuscript is seventeen pages.

A typed manuscript about the WATFOR project and an original copy of the report titled, "/360 WATFOR compiler" by Donald Cowan that includes handwritten corrections by the author.

Two proofs for the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo.

Slides featuring portraits of several individuals and photographs of people working with computer equipment. These images were used in the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo. Also includes photocopies of the images that likely served as proofs showing how the images would appear in the published book.

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes notes, correspondence often connected to the Utilization Subcommittee of the CANUNET Project, and a progress report on the CANUNET traffic study by T.A. Croil Associates. T.A. Croil Associates was retained to carry out a detailed study of potential network traffic and the file includes the survey used to gather data and related correspondence.

A hardcover notebook titled, Research November 23, 1990 #1, that includes handwritten notes by Donald Cowan about meetings and discussions with several people and organizations including WATCOM and IBM, workshops, conferences and presentations as well as various research topics including user interfaces, the design of an ADV for a menu, the design of the shell, application frameworks, and much more.

Three copies of an article titled, "Batch compilers for student programs on the PDP-11," by Donald Cowan, P.H. Dirksen, J.W. Graham, J.W. Welch, and T. Wilkinson. This article was published in the Proceedings of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, May 1976, pages 919-921.

Two copies of an article titled, "The challenges of teaching computer science by distance education," by V. Arnie Dyck, James P. Black, Donald Cowan, and Shirley L. Fenton. This article was published in the ICDE Bulletin, volume 18, pages 26-27.

A report titled, "Computer networks and generalized Moore graphs," by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, R.G. Stanton. This report was published as External Report 15 by the Computer Communications Network Group (CCNG) at the University of Waterloo. The report was also published in an an offprint from Proceedings of the Third Manitoba Conference on Numerical Mathematics, October 3-6, 1973, pages 379-398.

A copy of an article titled, "Computer networks : technology boon/moral and legal nightmare," by Donald Cowan. The article is twenty-four pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A data-directed approach to program construction," by Donald Cowan and C.J.P. Lucena (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). This cover page of the article notes that the research was supported by Canadian National Research Grant A2655. The article appears to be published by the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.

A copy of an article titled, "Design characteristics of the WATFOR compiler," by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. The article was published in SIGPLAN Notices, volume 5 (number 7), pages 25-36.

A report titled, "The development proposal - the first step in software system construction," by Donald Cowan and A.Von Staa (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The report was published by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo as Research Report CS-78-31 in June 1978. The cover page of the report includes a note that the research was supported in part by Canadian National Research Council Grant A2655. The report is seventy-six pages.

A copy of an article titled, "Diversity, accessibility and adaptability: data communication need for higher education, the University of Waterloo experience," by Donald Cowan, S.L. Fenton, A. Pittman, and T.M. Stepien. The report was reprinted from IEEE Communications Society, IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 12-15, 1988, pages 1576-1580.

A copy of an article titled, "The efficient representation of inverted lists," by Donald Cowan, James Wesley Graham, and James W. Welch. The article was published in Congressus Numerantium 17, Proceedings of the Seventh Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, February 9-12, 1976, pages 257-272.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1, by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 1 introduces COBOL-oriented concepts and is one hundred and twenty-two pages.

Material related to the development of an environmental information system. Includes a copy of the Centre of Information Technology for the Environment (CITE) University of Waterloo constitution, an article titled, "An information framework for environmental research and management" by Donald Cowan and C. Mayfield, and a letter of intent submitted on behalf of the research team of Cowan, Mayfield, Newkirk and Swayne to apply for a research grant under the Tri-Council Green Plan Program to support the research required to create a computer-based Environmental Information System (EIS).

Overhead transparencies likely used during a presentation titled, "The challenges of creating, distributing and maintaining software from a university research laboratory," given by Donald Cowan. The presentation may have been delivered to or on behalf of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario on May 20, 1992.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 2" by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 2 covers in detail the applications-oriented subjects such as sorting, file maintenance and report generation. Part 2 is one hundred and forty-two pages.

A copy of an article titled, "Formal structure for specifying the content and quality of the electronic health record" by H. Dominic Covvey, David Zitner, Daniel M. Berry, Donald Cowan, and Michael Shepherd. This article was likely a conference paper presented at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering held in Monterey Bay, California between September 8-12, 2003.

Three copies of an article titled, "Future directions in data communications for post-secondary education" by Donald Cowan. The article was published in CIPS Review, May/June 1988, pages 10-11.

A manual titled, "Instructor's manual to accompany the textbook: an introduction to COBOL with WATBOL - a structured programming approach" by Donald Cowan and B. J. Rowe. The text is one hundred and sixteen pages.

A copy of an article titled, "Minimal sequences with permutation subsequences" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton and J.A. Bates. The article was published in the Congressus Numerantium VIII Proceedings of the Fourth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing March 5-8, 1973, pages 151-162.

A copy of an article titled, "A network operating system for interconnected LANs with heterogeneous data-link layers" by Donald Cowan, T.M. Stepien, and R.G. Veitch. The article was reprinted by the Computer Society Press Reprint from the Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Local Computer Networks, October 10-12, 1988, pages 99-105.

Two copies of an article titled, "Note on a "square" functional equation" by Donald Cowan and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in SIAM Review, volume 12 (number 2), pages 277-279.

Two copies of a report titled, "On the concept of modules in programming systems" by Donald Cowan as well as C.J. Lucena and A. von Staa (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The report was published by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo as Research Report CS-76-05 in January 1976. The report is thirty-nine pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A problem in coding theory" by Donald Cowan, L.O. James and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in the Proceedings of the First Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 1970, pages 167-180.

Correspondence written and received by Donald Cowan.

Overhead transparencies likely used during a presentation titled, "The life and times of Don Cowan (1965-1995)" delivered to students in the undergraduate course SCI 333: Science and Business Senior Seminar taught at the University of Waterloo in Fall 1995 by Dr. Robin-Reenstra-Bryant. Also includes a copy of the course syllabus for SCI 333. Donald Cowan may have given this presentation to students as a guest lecturer in the class on November 2, 1995.

A publication titled, "Solutions to the problems in : an introduction to COBOL with WATBOL" by Donald Cowan, J.A. Derosie, V.J. Watts, and T.A. Wilkinson. The publication is one hundred and sixteen pages.

Two copies of an article titled, "Some results on path numbers" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton, and L.O. James. One copy is a final draft and the other is an offprint. The article was published in the Proceedings of the First Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, 1970, pages 112-135.

A copy of an article titled, "Some results on tree numbers" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton and L.O. James. The article was published in the Proceedings of the Second Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 8-11, 1971, pages 317-330.

A copy of an article titled, "Some unique extremal graphs" by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in Ars Combinatoria, volume 1, June 1976, pages 119-157.

A book titled, "Waterloo 6809 assembler: tutorial and reference manual" by Donald Cowan and M.J. Shaw. The book was published as part of the "Series in Computer Science and Computer Applications."

Material accumulated from the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Continuing Legal Education seminar "Computer law for the practitioner" held on Friday November 28, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. Includes the contents of a binder given out to participants that is sorted into the following categories (tabs): Understanding the Basics, Contracts, Financing, Distribution and Marketing, Legal Protection, Software Escrow Agreements, and Tax Considerations. The first category includes an article titled, "Understanding the basics: an introduction to computer technology" by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to the International Bar Association Cambridge Conference held at the Garden House Hotel in Cambridge, Ontario between September 9-11, 1987. Includes a case study titled, "High tech and dispute resolution: arbitration or other methods" prepared by C. Ian Kyer and Donald Cowan. Also contains a document with biographies and working papers as well as related correspondence.

Workshop notes from a three day course titled, "Microcomputers - a comprehensive introduction." The notes were published by WATCOM Publications.

A typed copy of a presentation titled, "Views on the IIASA programme in computer communications and a review of some Canadian projects" by Donald Cowan, A.R. Kaye and J.L. Hanna delivered at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Schloss Laxenburg, Austria between October 21-25, 1974.

Slides featuring images of text and two maps used during a presentation likely titled, "Computing in Canada." The presentation appears to include an explanation of educational software and computer programs at secondary schools, community colleges, universities, and the University of Waterloo.

Curriculum vitae of PhD students and graduates. The resumes presumably belonged to applicants for teaching positions in the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.

A copy of, "Math ties : UW Faculty of Mathematics alumni newsletter," (v.12, n.1). Donald Cowan's retirement announcement is included on page 3 of this issue.

Slides featuring images of text outlining merging, grouping and different types of sorting that were likely used during a lecture. Two slides feature photographs of IBM computer equipment, possibly the IBM 7040.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers likely in the Computing Centre. Several of the images are likely reproductions from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection or Graphic Services fonds.

Slides featuring images of a keyboard and commands possibly used in a presentation about computer keyboards.

Slides featuring text about problems of training in practical areas and debugging processors. One slide features a map of Southwestern Ontario. The slides were likely used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers likely in the Computing Centre.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers possibly in the Computing Centre. These slides are likely duplicates of other slides in the fonds.

Photographs related to computer science at the University of Waterloo. Includes images of computer equipment, buildings, facilities, staff, students, labs, and more. The photographs in this file are likely reproductions of images found in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection and the Graphic Services fonds. The photographs do not have any identifying reference codes on the back.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation likely titled, "Personal work station at the University of Waterloo." Also includes one slide featuring a photograph of students working at computer stations. Several of the slides are duplicated.

Slides featuring images of equations and tree diagrams that were likely used during a lecture.

Slides featuring images of text including equations and tree diagrams that were likely used during a lecture.

Correspondence sent to Donald Cowan by representatives at the University of Waterloo regarding his salary adjustments, research stipends, benefits, academic work terms, appointment as Chairman of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science, and tenure.

Slides featuring images of text, equations, tree diagrams and punch cards. One slide features a photograph of an IBM computer, possibly the IBM 7040.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and equations likely used during a lecture.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams, graphs and equations likely used during a lecture about sorting.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and equations likely used during a lecture about sorting.

Photographs documenting a one-week trip that several faculty members at the University of Waterloo took, including Donald Cowan and Shirley Fenton, to Tokyo, Japan to train IBM faculty. Some of the faculty members who participated in this trip also presented at a conference. Includes images of students working at computers, Donald Cowan standing in front of a computer while running a program from Waterloo, Shirley Fenton teaching as well as Donald Cowan and his wife with Shirley Fenton and guests at a restaurant. Also includes one sticker for the SATT Software Racing Team.

Slides featuring text, diagrams, illustrations and photographs that are likely duplicates of slides found in other files in the fonds.

Slides featuring photographs of various IBM equipment as well as unidentified people using computer equipment. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken inside the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo.

Photographs of offices spaces that may have been used by Donald Cowan.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo.

Material related to the Conference of Department Chairmen on the Implementation of Computer Science Education held at the University of Kansas between May 25-26, 1970. Donald Cowan was invited to attend the conference but declined due to a scheduling conflict. Professor J.D. Lawson went in Cowan's place. However, Donald Cowan did provide input into the conference plans. This file includes related correspondence, notes, conference planning forms, a tentative conference schedule and list of proposed topics.

Slides featuring photographs of unidentified individuals working with computer equipment that are likely reproduced from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection and the Graphic Services fonds. Includes a portrait of Paul Dirksen.

Mounted oversized transparences featuring photographs of computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the University of Waterloo campus and buildings including Dana Porter Library, the Mathematics and Computer Building, Grad House, and the William G. Davis Computer Research Centre.

A photograph on an unidentified individual sitting at a desk reading notes from a binder. Computer equipment is visible in the background.

Slides featuring photographs of computer equipment and the University of Waterloo campus including the art gallery, swimming pool, basketball court, and theatre. Also includes portraits of Paul Dirksen and duplicate lecture slides used during presentations.

Slides featuring portraits of Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, and an unknown individual.

Slides featuring portraits of James Wesley Graham standing in front of a computer.

Loose pages of a photograph album with various photographs and corresponding captions glued to to the pages. The photographs feature the IBM System 360 Model 44, the IBM 2260 display terminal, keypunched cards, a card reader, the Calcomp tape unit, the console panel and typewriter, auxiliary storage devices, tape drives, disk drives, storage drum, data cell, printer, and Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

One negative featuring a group portrait of a hockey team.

Slides featuring photographs of unidentified individuals windsurfing and waterskiing.

Material related to the general operations and business of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo created or accumulated by Donald Cowan while he served as the Department Chairman. Includes records related to various topics including staffing, course planning, job vacancies, finances, funding, examinations, promotions, equipment, research projects, students, grants, and other items.

Slides featuring photographs of the University of Waterloo, specifically buildings, computer equipment as well as staff and students using computer equipment. Many of the photographs are copies from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection or the Graphic Services fonds.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Computer science education, University of Waterloo experience."

Slides featuring images of text used during a presentation likely titled, "Economics of integration in communications and data processing."

Photographs related to computer science at the University of Waterloo. Includes images of computer equipment, buildings, facilities, staff, students, labs, and more. All of the photographs in this file are reproductions of images in the Graphic Services fonds. Graphic Services fonds reference codes are written on the back of each photograph. Some of the photographs have captions written on the back identifying the subjects of the image.

Slides featuring photographs possibly of Computer Science Day at the University of Waterloo in 1967. Includes images of Dana Porter Library, the Physics Building, and unidentified individuals using computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the IBM 1620 Model I, Monroe calculator, typewriter, and an unidentified computer.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room and other computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, classrooms, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Includes images of people working with computer equipment.

Material related to the general operations and business of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo created or accumulated by Donald Cowan while he served as the Department Chairman. Includes records related to various topics including grants, job appointments, conferences, meetings, the sharing of papers and texts between institutions, and other items.

Slides featuring text, diagrams and illustrations that were used during a presentation on new equipment and techniques at the Annual Computing Centre meeting in 1969.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, a campus sign, the Mathematics and Computer Building, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation about WATBOL.