Howard Bowen

Howard Bowen

Howard Bowen (October 27, 1908December 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.

Biography

Early life and education

Howard Rothmann 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.

Marriage and children

He married Lois B. Schilling of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1935. The couple had two sons.

Career

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 bank, from 1945 to 1947.

After serving the government for a few years, Bowen decided to return to education. His first job back into education was at the University of Illinois. At Illinois he was appointed dean of the College of Commerce in 1947. Howard Bowen’s tenure at Illinois was a good one with improvements in many different programs. In 1952, Bowen had to resign from the University of Illinois because senior professionals did not like his curriculum.

Howard Bowen loved higher education so much despite his problems at the University of Illinois. He decided to teach economics at Williams College in Massachusetts. Bowen loved this job but enjoyed administration more so he then went to Grinnell College in Iowa. While at Grinnell, he increased enrollment, quality of students and faculty, and endowment to national stature. After making such great improvements at Grinnell the State University of Iowa wanted him to work for them. The State University of Iowa hired Bowen in 1964 to be president of the college. Howard Bowen made a great accomplishment by going to the legislature in Iowa and convincing them to change the university's name to the University of Iowa.

The last job Howard Bowen ever took was as the R. Stanton Avery Professor of Economics and Education at Claremont Graduate School. During his tenure from 1974 to 1984 Bowen published three important writings. These three writings were "Investment in Learning", "Costs of Higher Education", and "American Professors: A National Resource Imperiled".

Death and afterward

Howard Bowen died on December 22, 1989. The Association for the Study of Higher Education has given an award in his name, the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award, annually since 1991. There are annual Howard Bowen Lectures at the Tippie College of Business and Claremont Graduate University.

Published works

*"Toward Social Economy" (1948)
*"Social Responsibilities of the Businessman" (1953)
*"The Business Enterprise as a Subject for Research" (1955)
*"Automation and Economic Progress" (1966)
*"Technology and Employment" (1966)
*"The Finance of Higher Education" (1968)
*"Efficiency in Liberal Education" (1971)
*"Who Benefits from Higher Education--and Who Should Pay?" (1972)
*"Evaluating Institutions for Accountability" (1974)
*"Investment in Learning" (1977)
*"The Costs of Higher Education" (1980)
*"The State of the Nation and the Agenda for Higher Education" (1982)
*"American Professors: A National Resource Imperiled" (1986)
*"Academic Recollections" (1988)

Awards

*1965: Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington State University [cite web |url=http://regents.wsu.edu/distinguished-alumni/recipients/ |title=Board of Regents: RDAA Recipients |accessdate=2007-11-25 |publisher=Washington State University]
*1983: Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges and Universities (for "The State of the Nation and the Agenda for Higher Education") [cite web |url=http://www.aacu.org/press_room/NESSwinners.cfm |title=Ness Book Award Winners |accessdate=2007-11-25 |publisher=Association of American Colleges and Universities]
*1985: Distinguished Service to Education Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education

References

*Encyclopedia of Education 2002 Retrieved October 22, 2007 [http://www.answers.com/topic/howard-bowen]
*The University of Iowa 2007--Retrieved October 22, 2007 [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Archives/guides/RG05/RG05.01.12.htm]


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