Background
Sowle, Donald Edgar was born on May 27, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States. Son of Sidney Edgar and Mary Agnes (West) Sowle.
Sowle, Donald Edgar was born on May 27, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States. Son of Sidney Edgar and Mary Agnes (West) Sowle.
Bachelor of Science, Central Michigan University, 1940. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1942. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942.
Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1950.
Sales representative Armour & Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1940-1941. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, advanced through grades to colonel, 1958. Assistant director Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1965-1968.
Group vice president Gulf & Western Industries, Los Angeles, 1968-1969. Director studies Statutory Commission on Government Procurement, Washington, 1970-1973. President, chairman board directors Don Sowle Associates, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1973-1981.
Administrator Federal Procurement Policy, Executive Office of The President of The United States, Washington, 1981-1985. Management consultant, since 1985. Director Procurement Round Table, since 1985.
Member advisory board Federal Contracts Report, Bureau National Affairs, 1965-1991. National regent Institute Cost Analysis, 1981. Instructor Georgetown University, 1961-1965.
Adjunct professor and member advisory council procurement management program Kogod College American University, Washington, since 1981.
Member advisory council School Business Marymount University, 1985-1994. Fellow National Contract Management Association (certified professional contract manager, board advisers emeritus, Herbert Roback Memorial award 1990). Member United States Chamber of Commerce (procurement council 1985), National Security Industrial Association (honorary life), National Association Uniforms Services (life member, board directors 1984-1988), Retired Officers Association (life), Ronald Regan Alumni Association, American Legion, Capitol Hill Club, Officers Club, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Alumni League, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Gretchen Elizabeth MacRae, July 4, 1942 (deceased February 1993). Children: Lisa Sowle Cahill, Mary Ann Sowle Messing. Married Catherine Taggart Lewis, November 25, 1995 (deceased April 1999).