Lee Cowan Biography
Lee Cowan is a CBS News National Correspondent for the CBS Evening News and a CBS Sunday Morning substitute anchor. He had previously worked as a CBS News correspondent in the network’s New York and Dallas bureaus. For the “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather,” he covered a wide range of topics.
How old is Lee Cowan? – Age
He is 56 years old as of 1 May 2021. He was born Leland P. Cowan in 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Lee Cowan Family – Education
Cowan was the son of surgical and radiation oncologists Leland B. Cowan and Constance W. Cowan. He earned a double major in communications and speech communications from the University of Washington in 1988.
Is Lee Cowan married? – Wife
His wife Molly Palmer, is a television associate producer and the daughter of John Palmer, a television news correspondent, and Nancy Doyle Palmer, a writer. His wife gave birth to their son, Kevin Cowan, on December 23, 2016, and they later welcomed their second son, Harrison Leland Cowan, on March 9, 2019. They are residents of Santa Monica.
Lee Cowan Salary
His annual salary is estimated to be at a maximum of $72,507.
Lee Cowan Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Lee Cowan Career
Cowan previously worked as a CBS News correspondent in the network’s New York and Dallas bureaus. He reported from Ground Zero on the September 11 attacks, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, last summer’s conflict in Beirut, and the devastating Tsunami in Indonesia for “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.”
Cowan previously worked as a CBS Newspath correspondent. For the country’s CBS affiliates, he covered events across the United States as well as abroad. Prior to joining NBC News, he was a CBS News reporter in the CBS NEWSPATH division. He previously worked for NBC affiliates WLWT in Cincinnati, WWMT in Kalamazoo, Michigan, KCOY in Santa Maria, California, and KIEM in Eureka, California.