Background
Bowles, Edward Lindley was born on December 9, 1897 in Westphalia, Missouri, United States.
Bowles, Edward Lindley was born on December 9, 1897 in Westphalia, Missouri, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Washington University, 1920. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922. Doctor of Science, Norwich University, 1945.
Radio editor, Boston Evening Transcript, 1921-1922;
assistant department electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1920-1921;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1921-1925;
assistant professor electrical communications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1925-1927;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1927-1937;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937-1963;
charge communication division department electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1952;
member patent committee, director, consultant professor electrical communications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1952;
consultant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952-1963;
professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963-1990. Consultant electrical patent matters. Charter member, secretary microwave section National Defense Research Council, 1940-1942.
Consultant secretary war, 1942-1947. Consultant communications and radar United States Army Air Force, 1943, operational and organizational problems, 1944. Science consultant United States Air Force, 1947-1951.
Science warfare adviser weapons evaluationgroup Office Secretary Defense, 1950-1952, consultant secretary army, 1951-1952. General consultant Raytheon Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1947-1966. Consultant then special assistant to president Analex Corporation, Boston, 1964-1967.
Chairman of the Board, president Information Transfer Corporation, 1968-1970.
Chairman board adhoc advisory committee on Very High Frequency-Ultra high frequency, television allocations Senate Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1956-1958. Member panel on patents Commerce Technology Advisory Board Army. Mem NAS-National Research Council Research Board for National Security, 1945.
Past trustee, member executive committee Bentley College. Past charter trustee Kodaly Musical Training Institute. Trustee Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 1981-1989.
Life member Boston Museum Fine Arts. Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918. Fellow IEEEE {fellowship award Institute of Radio Engineers 1947}, American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences {vice president 1954-1956}.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Promotion Engineering Education, Operations Research Society, Westphalia History Society {charter}, St. Botolph Club {Boston}, Cosmos Club {Washington}, Sigma Xi.
Son of Samuel Addison and Julia {Johnson} B. Married Lois Wuerpel, June 17, 1922. Children: Edmund Addison, Frederick Wuerpel.