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consultant design company executive

Hoel Lawrence Bowditch, American design company executive, consultant. Registered professional engineer. Recipient 1st Bristol fellow Foxboro Company, 1979. Trustee Wonder Museum, 1989-1993; chairman building committee St. Marks Church, Foxboro, 1960-1962, senior warden, 1964-1966; scout master Troop 18 Boy Scouts of America, 1940, cub master Pack 70, 1962.

Background

Bowditch, Hoel Lawrence was born on March 4, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Ingersoll and Eleanor (Macqueen) Bowditch.

Education

Student, Haverford College, 1934-1936; graduate, Moses Brown School, 1934.

Career

Restorer, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1936-1937; apprentice, Mico Instrument Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1937-1938; model maker, Boston Pattern Works, 1938-1939; engineer, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Instrument Company, 1939-1959; chief design engineer, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Instrument Company, 1959-1979; retired, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Instrument Company, 1979; president, Bowditch Creative Design, Foxboro, since 1979.

Achievements

  • Registered profile engineer.

Membership

Trustee Wonder Museum, 1989-1993. Chairman building committee St. Marks Church, Foxboro, 1960-1962, senior warden, 1964-1966. Scout master Troop 18 Boy Scouts of America, 1940, cub master Pack 70, 1962.

Interests

  • Avocations: singing, sailing, model making.

Connections

Married Mary Hinchman, October 20, 1939. Children: Henry I., Wendy L., John L., Peter N.

Father:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch

Mother:
Eleanor (Macqueen) Bowditch

Spouse:
Mary Hinchman

child:
John L. Bowditch

child:
Wendy L. Bowditch

child:
Peter N. Bowditch

child:
Henry I. Bowditch

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Awards

  • Recipient 1st Bristol fellow Foxboro Company, 1979.