Background
Dees, Bowen Causey was born on July 20, 1917 in Batesville, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Simeon and Ida Lea (Causey) Dees.
Dees, Bowen Causey was born on July 20, 1917 in Batesville, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Simeon and Ida Lea (Causey) Dees.
AB, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1937. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mississippi College, Clinton, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, New York City, 1942.
Doctor of Laws, Lehigh University, 1976. Doctor of Laws, Philadelphia College Textiles and Science, 1979. Doctor of Science (honorary), Temple University, 1981.
Professor physics Mississippi College, 1943-1944. Instructor elec communications Radar School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944-1945. Assistant professor physics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1945-1947.
Physicist, then division chief science and technical division, general headquarters Supreme Command Allies Pacific, Tokyo, 1947-1951. Program director fellowships National Science Foundation, 1951-1956, deputy assistant director science personnel and education, 1956-1959, assistant director, 1959-1963, associate director for education, 1963-1964, associate director planning, 1963-1966. Vice president University Arizona, 1966-1968, provost academy affairs, 1968-1970.
President Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1970-1982, president emeritus, 1982—2009. Advisory committee United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1967-1969. Science information council National Science Foundation, 1970-1974.
Member Science Manpower Commission, Washington, 1976-1979. United States co-chairman United States-Japan Committee on Science Cooperation, 1981-1987.
Science Manpower Commission, Washington 1976-1979.
Married Sarah Edna Sanders, August 25, 1937 (deceased 1999). 1 child, Sarah Edna; Married Dorothea Regina Simoneau, September 24, 2001.