James E. Stowers

James E. Stowers Jr. (Janairu 10, 1924 - Maris 17, 2014) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka wanda ya kafa American Century Investments da kuma Stowers Institute for Medical Research .  

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haife shi kuma ya girma a Kansas City, Missouri, ɗa kuma jikan likitocin likita, Stowers ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Soja ta Kemper da ke Boonville, Missouri .  Ya sami digirin farko a Jami'ar Missouri, inda ya kuma kammala digiri na shekaru biyu a fannin likitanci. Ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama inda ya zama matukin jirgin yaƙi da kuma malamin harbi.  Bayan ya koma rayuwar farar hula a 1945, ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin har sai da ya yi murabus daga aikinsa a 1957. Stowers ya shiga duniyar kasuwanci, bayan ya yanke shawarar kada ya zama likita kamar mahaifinsa da kakansa. Bayan ya yi aiki yana sayar da asusun haɗin gwiwa ga Waddell &amp; Reed da ke Kansas, ya kafa kamfanin inshorar rai - JE Stowers and Company.

Yana da 'ya'ya huɗu da ɗan'uwa ɗaya. 

 Zuba Jari na Karnin Amurka 
A shekarar 1958, Stowers ya kafa Twentieth Century Mutual Funds, wani iyali mai asusun da ba ya ɗaukar kaya, a Kansas City, Missouri .  Stowers ya fara asusun a shekarar 1958 da kadarori na dala 100,000 kacal daga hannun masu hannun jari 24.  Ya gina kasuwancinsa wanda ya mayar da hankali kan ƙananan masu zuba jari. Kamfanin ya canza sunansa zuwa American Century Investments a shekarar 1997.  Hedkwatar American Century tana a 4500 Main a Kansas City, Missouri, kusa da Country Club Plaza, kuma tana ɗaukar ma'aikata kusan 1,300.

 Cibiyar Binciken Lafiya ta Stowers 
A shekarar 1994, Stowers da matarsa Virginia Stowers, waɗanda dukkansu suka tsira daga cutar kansa, sun kafa Cibiyar Binciken Lafiya ta Stowers,  cibiyar bincike ta likitanci ta dala biliyan 2 wadda kuma ke a birnin Kansas.  Manufar cibiyar ita ce ta ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga bil'adama ta hanyar binciken likitanci ta hanyar faɗaɗa fahimtarmu game da sirrin rayuwa da kuma inganta ingancin rayuwa ta hanyar sabbin hanyoyin magance cututtuka, magani da rigakafin su.

Masu binciken Stowers sun gudanar da bincike na asali kan kwayoyin halitta da sunadaran da ke jagorantar aiki da halayen halittu masu rai da kuma ƙwayoyin halitta daban-daban da ke cikinta. Cibiyar ta buɗe ƙofofinta a watan Nuwamba na 2000. Zuwa shekarar 2012, akwai shirye-shiryen bincike masu zaman kansu guda 22 tare da manyan cibiyoyi a fannin ilmin lissafi, cytometry, electron microscopy, histology, imaging, microscopy, molecular biology, proteomics da screening. A halin yanzu, cibiyar tana da membobi sama da 550, ciki har da kimanin masana kimiyya 350, abokan bincike, masu fasaha da ma'aikatan tallafi na kimiyya.

Ana samun kuɗaɗen bincike a Cibiyar Stowers ta hanyar Hope Shares Endowment, wanda yawancinsa sakamakon karimcin Stowers ne. Cibiyar tana karɓar ƙarin kuɗaɗen tallafi na gasa daga Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Ƙasa, Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Howard Hughes, Ƙungiyar Ciwon daji ta Amurka, Maris of Dimes da sauran ƙungiyoyi.

 Lambobin yabo da girmamawa 

 2001, Kyautar Golden Plate ta Kwalejin Nasara ta Amurka, wacce memba na Majalisar Kyaututtuka Dr. Francis Collins ya gabatar  
 2002, An zaɓe shi don ya zama mai ɗaukar fitilar wasannin Olympics na hunturu na 2002 a Salt Lake City 
 2005, Ɗan Kasuwa na Shekara na Ernst & Young a Rukunin Ayyukan Kuɗi 
 2009, Bincike! Kyautar Jagoranci ta Gordon da Llura Gund ta Amurka 
 2010, Kyautar Nasarar Rayuwa ta Gidauniyar Attempt Miracles 
 A shekarar 2011, Mujallar Forbes ta ambaci Jim da Virginia Stowers a cikin jerin "Mafi Girman Masu Ba da Gudummawa" - waɗanda suka bayar da gudummawar akalla dala biliyan 1 ga ƙungiyoyin agaji ko gidauniya 

 Mutuwa 
Stowers ya mutu yana da shekaru 90 a gidansa da ke Kansas City, Missouri a watan Maris na 2014. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2014
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1924