James Robert Bowers III

Background

III, James Robert Bowers was born on November 8, 1945 in Charleston, South Carolina. Son of James Robert and Lois Marie (Creel) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Illinois State University, 1968; postgraduate, Sophia U., Tokyo, 1974-1975; postgraduate, U. Hawaii, since 1990; OCS, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1969.

Career

News director, WPEO Radio, Peoria, Illinois, 1967; news director, WJRC Radio, Joliet, Illinois, 1967-1968; director, academic affairs, PL Foreign Language Institute, Tokyo, 1971-1972; vice president, LaSalle Foreign Language Institute, Tokyo, 1972-1973; president, EIFFLE Lang Center, Tokyo, 1973-1975; president, Waseda School of Business, Tokyo, 1975-1979; lecturer, associate professor School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, 1979-1989; professor, Meiji University, Tokyo, since 1989. Consultant Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, since 1979. Chief consultant I.E.C. Cons., Inc., Tokyo, since 1979.

Board directors Japan-American Cultural Foundation, Tokyo, Performace Research Center, Tokyo.

Achievements

• James Robert Bowers III has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Governor Tokyo International Players, 1972-1982. Board directors Japan English Forensics Association, Tokyo, 1975-1985. First lieutenant United States Army, 1968-1971.

Member Communication Association of Japan (Board of Governors since 1979, president 1988-1990, Distinguished Svc. award 1990), World Communication Association, International Communication Association, Speech Communication Association, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, Japan Association Broadcasting Arts.

Interests

• Avocations: theatrical directing and acting, astronomy.

Connections

Married Yoshie Miyazaki, July 23, 1971.

Father:

James Robert B.

Mother:

Lois Marie (Creel) B.

Spouse:

Yoshie Miyazaki