Le Roy Edward Bowman

Background

Bowman, Le Roy Edward was born on November 21, 1887 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Edward and Bertha May (Tuck) Bowman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors, University of Chicago, 1911, postgraduate, 1911-1912. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1954.

Career

Director receiving and shipping department Elgin Butter Company (Illinois), 1905-1907. Director Greenpoint Neighborhood Association, Brooklyn, 1913-1917. Director national personnel department War Camp Community Service, 1917-1918.

Member department social science, Columbia, 1917-1931, director training school for community workers, 1920-1923, organizer, director New York City Recreation Committee, 1919-1927.

Organizer summer experimental schools in various cities on Rosenwald Fund grant under Child Study Association American, 1931-1935. Organizer discussion project United States Department of Agriculture, 1935.

Director United Parents Association Greater New York (200 parent organizations), 1935-1938. Forum leader and director South Carolina. and Vermont state forum demonstrations, United States Office Education, 1938-1939.

Free-lance lecturer, 1940-1941.

Supervisor bureau adult education, training forum leaders, organizing intercultural community leagues, New York State Education Department, 1942-1946, Brooklyn College, 1946, advanced steadily, associate professor, 1954-1958. Chairman Church World Service Study Committee to of Korea and Hong Kong, 1960. Board of directors Consumer’s Cooperative Services, New York City, 1925-1928.

Trustee and lecturer Rochdale Institute, 1936-1944.

Board directors Eastern Cooperative, Incorporated., 1948-1949. Secretary and editor National Community Center Association, 1922-1930.

Secretary section on community American Sociological Society, 1924-1929. Member central committee American Association for Study Group Study Group Work, 1941-1943.

Achievements

• Le Roy Edward Bowman has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member department social science, Columbia, 1917-1931, director training school for community workers, 1920-1923, organizer, director New York City Recreation Committee, 1919-1927. Member central committee American Association for Study Group Study Group Work, 1941-1943. Member Liberal Party, vice chairman New York, from 1960.

Connections

Married Garda Brown Wise, September 23, 1942. Children (by former marriage): Bruce, Mary Ellen.

Father:

Frank Edward Bowman

Mother:

Bertha May (Tuck) Bowman

Spouse:

Garda Brown Wise