Background
Bowles, John Davis was born on June 30, 1886 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Addison and Julia (Johnson) Bowles.
Bowles, John Davis was born on June 30, 1886 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Addison and Julia (Johnson) Bowles.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer, University of Missouri, 1909, Electrical Engineer, 1910, research assistant, Engineering Experiment Station, 1909-1910.
1 son, John Davis; married second, Grace Marie Leonard, May 11, 1926. Electrical and mechanic engineer, Forest Engineer Newbery Electrical Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, 1910-1913.
Chief engineer Missouri Public Service Commission, 1913-1915.
Superintendent Springfield (Missouri) Gas & Electric Company, 1915-1918. Mechanic superintendent Douglas Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1918-1919.
Engineer, Federal Light & Traction Company, New York, 1919-1921, chief engineer, 1921-1927, vice-president and chief engineer, 1927-1933. Was also vice-president and director various subsidiary companies.
Now construction engineering.
Director North Sydney (Nova Scoti) Collieries, Limited.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (member standards com), American Society of Municipal Engineers, American Society Military Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Steinmetz.
Married Ethelyn May Sullivan, May 1, 1914. Married second, Grace Marie Leonard, May 11, 1926.