Bowman, John Gilbert
John Gilbert Bowman Soundex Code B550
born in: Davenport, Iowa on Friday, May 18, 1877;
son of: John R. Bowman and Mary A. Bowman, nee: Mary A. Gabbert;
education: A.B., State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1899;
A.M., 1904;
graduate student Columbia University, 1904-5;
LL.D., Coe College, 1912, University of Mississippi, 1914;
married: Florence Ridgway Bowman, nee: Florence Ridgway Berry, of St. Louis on Monday, June 29, 1908.
Newspaper work, 1899-1901;
instructor of English, State University of Iowa, 1902-4, Columbia, 1905-7;
secretary Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, New York, 1907-11;
president State University of Iowa, 1911-14;
director: American College of Surgeons, Chicago, since 1915.
Clubs: The Players Club; St. Andrews Golf Club (New York); Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.).
Office: 30 N. Michigan Avenue
Home: 1415 W. Estes Avenue
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917
