Редактирование: Joseph Kowalsky

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'''Joseph "Joe" Kowalsky''' (born c. 1965)<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/health/life-after-death-glimpse-world-cryonics Life after death: Take a glimpse into the world of cryonics]. NuNu Japaridze. Fox News Channel. June 25, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024</ref> is an American financial consultant, [[Cryonics|cryonicist]] and former attorney.<ref name="Kowalsky">[https://cryonics.org/directors-officers-joseph-kowalsky/ Joseph Kowalsky]. cryonics.org</ref> As of 2024, he is a board member and assistant secretary of the [[Cryonics Institute]] (CI).<ref>[https://www.cryonics.org/ci-landing/directors-officers/ Directors & Officers]. cryonics.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024</ref> He was the vice president of CI from 2001 to 2003.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> He is an organizer of the Cryoprize, an initiative encouraging [[organ transplantation]] research.<ref>[https://www.cryonicsunderground.com/1510453/9058434-joseph-kowalsky-on-faith-and-cryonics Joseph Kowalsky – On Faith and Cryonics]. cryonicsunderground.com</ref><ref>[https://www.cryoprize.com/ The Cryoprize]. cryoprize.com</ref>

== Life and career ==
Kowalsky was born and raised in the Detroit area.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> Both of his parents are teachers.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> He recalls that he first became aware of cryonics when a seventh grade science teacher brought some cryonics material to class.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> He was hooked: for the next fifteen years he kept abreast of the movement, eventually becoming an associate member of the [[Immortalist Society]].<ref name="Kowalsky"/>

He went to Wayne State University on a full merit scholarship.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> During this time he worked part time in a Detroit pawnshop, and then became founder and president of a small long distance phone company.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> He spent one semester as a visiting student at Columbia University, and graduated (magna cum laude) with a BA in economics.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> He then went to the University of Michigan Law School, and graduated in 1991, subsequently moving to the Washington, D.C. area, where he became a member of the Maryland and Washington D.C. Bar Associations.<ref name="Kowalsky"/>

Kowalsky spent the next year in working first for senator Carl Levin, then working on Paul Tsongas' presidential campaign, and finally on the Clinton Presidential Transition Team.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> Afterwards he spent two months in Australia and New Zealand, doing volunteer work.<ref name="Kowalsky"/>

Returning to Michigan, he worked on the Senate Primary Campaign of former Congressman Bill Brodhead, and then on the Senate campaign of Senator Spencer Abraham.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> With the assistance and encouragement of Congressman Brodhead, he formed his own law practice in 1994 in the Detroit area, and did a good deal more pro-bono work than he would recommend to anyone else.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> After a few years, he set up the nonprofit corporation Tomorrow, Inc., to do pro-bono legal work.<ref name="Kowalsky"/>

In 1999, he left the law field to become a financial consultant.<ref name="Kowalsky"/> While assisting CI in legal work related to a preservation when he was a practicing attorney, he decided to finally "get his paper work in order", as [[Robert Ettinger]] said, joining CI, and being elected board member in short order.<ref name="Kowalsky"/>

== Sources ==
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== External links ==
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knlyiWopiY 2015 2bAHEAD Think Tank! Conference: Cryonics]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUQ7Ut4XCM#t=21m39s Cryonics Symposium International at the Church of Perpetual Life 2019] (Kowalsky's speech at 21:39)
* [https://www.cryonicsunderground.com/1510453/9058434-joseph-kowalsky-on-faith-and-cryonics Joseph Kowalsky – On Faith and Cryonics]. ''[[Cryosphere Podcast|Cryonics Underground]]'' discussion (2021)

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