Background
Bowman, James Schenck was born on April 29, 1889 in West Liberty, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph Stanley and Phebe Wheeler (Schenck) Bowman.
Bowman, James Schenck was born on April 29, 1889 in West Liberty, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph Stanley and Phebe Wheeler (Schenck) Bowman.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, State University of Iowa, 1913.
Began as rodman, Northern Pacific Railroad, 1907. Drainage and highway engineer, Algona, Iowa, 1913-1914. Assistant engineer, Miami Conservancy District, Dayton, O., 1915-1918.
Irrigation engineer, Estate of L. Z. Leiter, Clearmont, Wyoming, 1919.
Hydraulic engineer, Fargo Engineering Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1920-1927, with L. F. Harza Chicago, 1928-1932. Instructor hydraulic engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1933, with engineering department, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1933, head of project planning division, 1934-1943, head of water control planning department, 1943-1955, on special assignments Tennessee Valley Authority, 1955-1959, construction engineering, from 1955.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers Kentucky Civil War Round Table, Tennessee History Society, Son of the Revolution (Tennessee Chapter), Tau Beta Pi. Member of the board of stewards Church Street Methodist Church. Mason.; Club: Smoky Mountains Hiking (Knoxville).
Married Sadie Richmond, April. Married second, Opal Morgan, May 23, 1938. Children: Joseph Richmond, James William.