Background
Bowman was born in Shawnee, Ohio.
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Bowman Foster Stockwell
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Career
As a young man, he served for a period of time as secretary to the great missionary statesman, John R. Mott. From 1927 until 1960 he was the director of the seminary. He was responsible for bringing it to a university degree level
An acknowledged scholar and theologian, Review
Stockwell wrote a number of books and edited several papers. He was instrumental in acquiring a valuable library on the little-known Spanish Reformation.
This collection is housed at the Facultad Evangelica de Teologia. Review Stockwell was elected to the episcopacy by the Latin America Central Conference of The Methodist Church.
He was assigned to the Pacific Episcopal Area of this Central Conference.
He chose to live in Lima, Peru. He was active in ecumenical affairs, both in Latin America and on the world stage. However, his episcopal career lasted only thirteen months.
He died 5 June 1961.
