Background
Bowden, Witt was born on December 5, 1886 in Russellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Newton and Dora (McAnally) Bowden.
Bowden, Witt was born on December 5, 1886 in Russellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Newton and Dora (McAnally) Bowden.
Student Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1909-1911, University of Wisconsin, 1912-1913. Bachelor of Arts, University of Colorado, 1914. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1919.
Instructor in history, University of Pennsylvania, 1914-1917. Instructor in history, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1919-1920. Assistant professor of history University of Pennsylvania, 1920-1930.
Lecturer summer schools Columbia University, U. Texas, University of Tennessee.
With Bureau of Labor Statistics, unites states department of Labor, 1931-1951, consultant, since 1952. United States government representative International Labor Conference, Geneva, 1935.
Government representative, coal mines committee International Labor Organisation, 1945-1951, inland transport committee, 1951. Delegate United Nations Science Conference on Conservation and Utilization of Resources, 1949.
Served with United States Navy, 1918-1919.
Married Mary Edith Myers, June 21, 1918.