Background
Bower, John Richard Fenn was born on May 5, 1935 in Newton, Iowa, United States. Son of John Oates and Lillian Keithen Bower.
Bower, John Richard Fenn was born on May 5, 1935 in Newton, Iowa, United States. Son of John Oates and Lillian Keithen Bower.
Bachelor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1973.
Editor Rand McNally & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1962—1967. Assistant professor Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, 1970—1973. From assistant professor to full professor Iowa State University, Ames, 1973—1992, professor emeritus, since 1992.
Part-time lecturer University Minnesota, Duluth, 1992—2003. Research associate anthropology University California, Davis, since 2004. Research fellow British Institute History and Archaeology in East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 1971.
Director archeological excavations Serengeti Park, Tanzania. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1957-1962.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for American Archaeology, Duluth Community Sailing Association (board director 2000-2003), Northern Lakes Archaeol. Society 2002-2003, Duluth Yacht Club (vice commodore 2002-2003).
Married Andrea Garcia Montero, February 1961 (divorced August 1965). Married Janice Sophie Johnson, September 26, 1966. 1 child Jennifer Keithen.