Background
Bridgewater, Bernard Adolphus was born on March 13, 1934 in Tulsa. Son of Bernard Adolphus and Mary Alethea (Burton) Bridgewater.
Bridgewater, Bernard Adolphus was born on March 13, 1934 in Tulsa. Son of Bernard Adolphus and Mary Alethea (Burton) Bridgewater.
AB, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, U. Oklahoma, 1958; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1964.
Assistant county attorney, Tulsa, 1962; associate, McKinsey & Company management consultant, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, 1964-1968; principal, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, 1968-1972; director, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, 1972-1973, 75; associate director national security and international affairs, Office Management and Budget, Executive Office President, Washington, 1973-1974; executive vice president, Baxter Travenol laboratories, Inc., Chicago and Deerfield, Illinois, 1975-1979; director, Baxter Travenol laboratories, Inc., Chicago and Deerfield, Illinois, 1975-1985; president, Brown Group, Inc., Clayton, Missouri, 1979-1987, 90-; Chief Executive Officer, Brown Group, Inc., Clayton, Missouri, since 1982; chairman, Brown Group, Inc., Clayton, Missouri, since 1985; also director, Brown Group, Inc., Clayton, Missouri. Board directors Federal Maritime Commission Corporation, Chicago, NationsBank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, EEX Corporation, Houston. Consultant Office Management and Budget, 1973, 75.
Trustee Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, 1974-1984, Washington University, St. Louis, 1983-1994, 95-, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1987-1990. Board visitors Harvard University Business School, 1987-1993. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1958-1962.
Member Beta Theta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Barbara Paton, July 2, 1960. Children: Barrie, Elizabeth, Bonnie.