Background
Bowker, Albert Hosmer was born on September 8, 1919 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roy C. and Kathleen (Hosmer) Bowker.
Bowker, Albert Hosmer was born on September 8, 1919 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roy C. and Kathleen (Hosmer) Bowker.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, City University New York, 1971.
Doctor of Laws, Brandeis University. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, New York Board Regents, 1972.
Assistant statistician, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1941-1943;
assistant director statistical research group, Columbia, 1943-1945;
assistant professor statistics, Stanford, 1947-1950;
associate professor, Stanford, 1950-1953;
executive head statistics department, Stanford, 1948-1959;
dean graduate division, Stanford, 1959-1963;
professor mathematics and statistics, Stanford, 1953-1963;
director applied mathematics and statistics laboratories, Stanford, 1951-1963;
chancellor, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1963-1971;
chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1980;
chancellor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1980;
assistant secretary for postsecondary education, Department Education, Washington, 1980-1981;
dean School Public Affairs, U. Maryland., 1981-1984;
executive vice president university, U. Maryland., 1984-1986;
vice president research foundation, CUNY, since 1986. Member committee graduate education American Association Universities. Member Sloan Commision on Government andHigher Education.
Member Executive Committee division mathematics National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1963-1965.
Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1972. Member Centennial Commission Howard University, 1965. Board directors San Francisco Bay Area Council, 1972-1977.
Trustee Bennington College, University Haifa. Fellow American Statistical Association (president 1964), American Society Quality Control, Institute of Mathematics Statistics (president 1961-1962), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Mathematics Association American, Biometric Society, Operations Research Society of America, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Association Universities (committee graduate education), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi (executive committee 1963-1966).
Married Elizabeth Rempfer, June 14, 1942 (divorced). Children: Paul Albert, Nancy Kathleen, Caroline Anne. Married Rosedith Sitgreaves, September 26, 1964 (deceased).