Howard Rothmann Bowen (October 27, 1908 – December 22, 1989) was an American economist and college president, serving as the president of Grinnell College from 1955 to 1964 and of the University of Iowa from 1964 to 1969.
Bowen was born in Spokane, Washington. He earned his Bachelor’s of Art degree in 1929 and Masters of Art degree in 1933 from Washington State University. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Iowa and received his Ph....
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Howard Rothmann Bowen (October 27, 1908 – December 22, 1989) was an American economist and college president, serving as the president of Grinnell College from 1955 to 1964 and of the University of Iowa from 1964 to 1969.
Bowen was born in Spokane, Washington. He earned his Bachelor’s of Art degree in 1929 and Masters of Art degree in 1933 from Washington State University. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Iowa and received his Ph.D. in 1935, then went on to do postdoctoral study at the University of Cambridge, England, and the London School of Economics from 1937 to 1939.
He married Lois B. Schilling of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1935. The couple had two sons.
Howard Bowen's career began at the University of Iowa. He taught economics at the university from 1935 to 1942, then decided to make a career change. He was chief economist of the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation from 1944 to 1945 and economist for the Irving Trust Company, a Wall Street...
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