Background
Bowen, Charles Hugh was born on January 8, 1923 in Belle Ellen, Alabama, United States. Son of Charles Hugh and Lavada (Lawley) Bowen.
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Charles Hugh Bowen
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Education
Student, University Arizona, 1939-1940, 46; student, University Southern California, 1946-1947; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Electronics, Naval Postgraduate School, 1953; Master of Science, Naval Postgraduate School, 1954; graduate, Naval War College, 1961; Juris Doctor, U. Santa Clara, 1977.
Career
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1943; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1965; flight training, 1942-1943; pilot and flight officer, PTO, 1944-1945; flight instructor, Aviation Training Unit 5, 1947-1949; radar projects supervisor, VX-1 Key West, Florida, 1949-1951; operations officer, Attack Squadron 55, 1954-1955; aviation electronics engineering officer, staff, Commander Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet, 1956-1958; assigned special studies section, Special Projects Office, Bureau Weapons, 1958-1960; student replace air training group, Attack Squadron 122, 1961; commanding officer, Attack Squadron 115, 1962-1963; navigator, United States Ship Kitty Hawk, 1963-1964; Executive officer, United States Ship Kitty Hawk, 1964; teacher electrical science, United States Naval Academy also head science department, United States Naval Academy, 1965-1967; command, United States Ship Vesuvius, 1967-1968; advanced development engineer, Sylvania Electronics Systems, Mountain View, California, 1968-1972; marketing manager, Sylvania Electronics Systems, Mountain View, California, 1972-1974; judicial extern with, Justice California Supreme Court, 1976; private practice law, Campbell, California, 1978-1989; private practice law, Sonoma, California, since 1990; partner, Finch & Bowen, Campbell, California, 1981-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Naval Institute, International Platform Association.
Connections
Married Nina Gwen Stevens, July 29, 1945 (divorced). Children: David Hugh, Charles Hugh III. Married Joan H. Steffens, March 18, 1978.
