Background

Bowden, Charles Malcolm was born on December 31, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Emma Stevens (Hoover) Bowden.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Richmond, 1956; Master of Science in Physics, University of Virginia, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Clemson U., 1967.

Career

Research scientist, United States Army Missile Laboratory, Huntsville, Alabama, 1967-1991; senior research scientist science and technical, United States Army Missile Laboratory, Huntsville, Alabama, since 1991. Adjunct Professor physics U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1984.

Achievements

• Charles Malcolm Bowden has been listed as a noteworthy Research physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Gideons, North Camp, Huntsville, since 1983. Deacon University Baptist Church, Huntsville, since 1980. Fellow Optical Society American.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Huntsville Athletic Club, Huntsville Racquet Club, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, backpacking, bicycling.

Connections

Married Lou Marquerite Tolbert, October 1, 1960. Children: David Malcolm, Steven Mark, Melissa Gail.

Father:

Charles Edward Bowden

Mother:

Emma Stevens (Hoover) Bowden

Spouse:

Lou Marquerite Tolbert

child:

Steven Mark Bowden

child:

David Malcolm Bowden

child:

Melissa Gail Bowden