Background
Bowmer, Jim Dewitt was born on May 4, 1919 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of DeWitt and Linnie B. (Morgan) Bowmer.
Bowmer, Jim Dewitt was born on May 4, 1919 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of DeWitt and Linnie B. (Morgan) Bowmer.
Bachelor cum laude, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1940. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1942.
Worked at Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, A Professional Corporation (Waco, Texas) specializing in Corporation, Probate Law, Estate Planning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1942, Texas. 1966, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Company-Author: "The Charge in Criminal Cases," XII Baylor Law Review, 1960. "Peace Officers and Texas" New Code of Criminal Procedure," Baylor Law Review, Summer and Fall, 1965. "Recommended ChangesCode of Criminal Procedure," Texas Bar Journal, December, 1966.
Author: "Water Rights in TexasRiparians are Appropriators Too," Soil and Water Magazine, February, 1957.
Adjunct Professor, Baylor University Law School, 1949-1950. 1956-1957. County Attorney, Bell County, Texas, 1946-1947.
President, Baylor Law Alumni Association, 1962-1963. Member, Board of Directors, Baylor Ex-students" Association, 1962-1963.
Trustee of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas, 1987-1995.
Member, Battleship Texas Commission, 1963-1970. Member of the Board, National Park Foundation, 1968-1969. Director, Texas Historical Foundation, 1968-1974.
Member, United States.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, Western Panel, 1977-1979. Chairman, Liaison Committee, National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders, 1978-1980.
Member, Standing Committee on Admissions, United States. District Court, Western District of Texas, Waco Division, 1981-1983.
Ralph Wilson Public Trust (President, 1987-1988).
Chairman, Advisory Group, Western District of Texas under the Civil Justice Reform Acting of 1990 (1991-1995). Member: Bell-Lampasas-Mills Counties (President, 1954-1955) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Committee on Revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1962-1968.
Chairman, Board of Directors, 1970-1971.
President, 1972-1973. Member, Board of Trustees, Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, 1990.
Member, Texas Judicial Planning Committee, 1977-1978). American Law Institute (Life Member).
Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Texas State Committee, 1984-1986). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Chairman, Probate Law Reform Committee, 1979-1980). Chairman of the Board, State Bar of College of Texas, (1982-1983).
(Resident, Temple Office).
Member, Board of Directors, Baylor Ex-students" Association, 1962-1963. Trustee of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas, 1987-1995. Member, Battleship Texas Commission, 1963-1970.
Member of the Board, National Park Foundation, 1968-1969.
Director, Texas Historical Foundation, 1968-1974. Member, United States.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, Western Panel, 1977-1979. Chairman, Liaison Committee, National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders, 1978-1980.
Member, Standing Committee on Admissions, United States.
District Court, Western District of Texas, Waco Division, 1981-1983. Ralph Wilson Public Trust (President, 1987-1988). Chairman, Advisory Group, Western District of Texas under the Civil Justice Reform Acting of 1990 (1991-1995).
Member: Bell-Lampasas-Mills Counties (President, 1954-1955) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Committee on Revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1962-1968. Chairman, Board of Directors, 1970-1971.
President, 1972-1973. Member, Board of Trustees, Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, 1990.
Member, Texas Judicial Planning Committee, 1977-1978).
American Law Institute (Life Member). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Texas State Committee, 1984-1986).
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Chairman, Probate Law Reform Committee, 1979-1980).
Chairman of the Board, State Bar of College of Texas, (1982-1983). (Resident, Temple Office).
Married Daurice Spoonts, March 26, 1961. Children: Bonnie Nell Neal, Mary Helen Bowmer Schreiner, IV.