Herbert L. Bowman

Career

Born in New York, New York, Bowman took his bachelor"s degree at Cornell University in 1919. Bowman was ranked as high as Number. 13 in the United States.

Bowman died in New York City in 1980.

Achievements

• In 1929, he won the singles and doubles titles at the Cincinnati Masters. He was 32 years old when his won the singles title, making him to this day the fourth oldest player to win the title in Cincinnati, behind Bill Tilden (who was 33 when he won in 1926), Andre Agassi (34 when his won his third Cincinnati title in 2004) and Ken Rosewall (35 when he won in 1970). Also in 1929, Bowman won many smaller titles, including the Championship of Bermuda, the Eastern Clay Court Championship, the Hudson Valley Championship, and the Old Dominion championship in Richmond, Virginia. He also won the Atlantic Coast Championships in 1927.

Membership

While at Cornell, he joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity in 1915, and through that affiliation, was a member of the Irving Literary Society.