Background
Sowers, Don Conger was born on February 17, 1883 in Spring Hill, Kansas, United States. Son of James W. and Electa (Telford) Sowers.
Sowers, Don Conger was born on February 17, 1883 in Spring Hill, Kansas, United States. Son of James W. and Electa (Telford) Sowers.
Bachelor of Arts, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1904. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1915.
Observer for Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of Carnegie Institution of Washington, District of Columbia, 1904-1910, making trips through West Indies, South America, the Pacific, China and India. Director Municipal Research Bureau, extension division and professor municipalities public accounting, University of Oregon, 1914-1916. Assistant director bureau of Research, Dayton, O., 1916-1917.
Director Bureau Municipal Research, Akron, O., 1917-1922.
Professor finance, director bureau of Business and Government Research, Extension Division, University of Colorado, since 1922. Secretary Ohio Board of Administration, 1921.
Assistant budget commissioner State of Colorado, 1923. Installed city managers and improved systems in several American cities.
Member Governmental Research Conference, American Municipal Association, Colorado Municipal League (secretary-treasurer since 1923), National Municipal League, American Association University professors, Colorado-Wyoming Academy Science, Boulder Chamber Commerce, Kappa Sigma. Elected fellow Royal Geography Society of England for observations in China. Clubs: Rotary, Country, Schoolmasters.
Married Helen Smith, June 29, 1914. Children: Don Conger, Robert Moulton, Helen Catherine.