Background
Bowden, Burnham was born on September 22, 1900 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Prescott and Mary Eunice Lord (Burnham) Bowden.
Bowden, Burnham was born on September 22, 1900 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Prescott and Mary Eunice Lord (Burnham) Bowden.
AB, Harvard University, 1922. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1923.
With Lord & Burnham Company, 1923-1985, vice president, 1927-1985, Burnham Boiler Corporation, 1932, president, 1933-1985, Burnham Corporation (consolidation Lord & Burnham Company, Burnham Boiler Corporation), 1933-1969, 72, Chairman of the Board, 1969-1985. Treasurer J.C. Turner Lumber Company (now Turner Corporation), 1933-1965, vice president, 1933-1969, director, 1921-1981, Chairman of the Board, 1970-1981. Member Mid-Atlantic advisory board Arkwright-Boston Mutual Insurance Company, 1961-1976.
Director Felters Company.
Member New York Florists, Harvard Business School, Appalachian Mountain Club, Corinthians, Huguenot Yacht Club.
Married Margaret Loughridge Cornelison, July 24, 1929. Children: Mary Alice Bowden Lyman, Elizabeth Forsyth Bowden Freimer, Burnham, Margaret Loughridge Bowden Murray.