Background
Bowerman, Richard Henry was born on April 29, 1917 in Newark. Son of Arthur Lewis and Constance Dorothea (Riehman) Bowerman.
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Bowerman, Richard Henry was born on April 29, 1917 in Newark. Son of Arthur Lewis and Constance Dorothea (Riehman) Bowerman.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1942. Doctor of Laws, University New Haven, 1982.
Bar: Connecticut 1946. Association, Gumbart, Corbin, Tyler & Cooper, New Haven, 1946-1949. Partner Gumbart, Corbin, Tyler, Cooper and Tyler, Cooper, Grant, Bowerman & Keefe, New Haven, 1949-1969.
President, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Energy Corporation & Southern Connecticut Gas.
Company, New Haven, 1969-1980, Chairman.bd., 1972-1988, president, 1988. Chairman science Park Development Corporation, New Haven,1981-1994.
Board directors New Haven Foundation, 1987-1994, Connecticut Agricultural Station, 1988. Judge Municipal Court of Orange (Connecticut), 1951-1955.
1st chairman United Way of Greater New Haven.
Chairman Yale New Haven Hospital, 1976-1983.
Judge Municipal Court of Orange, Connecticut, 1951-1955. 1st chairman United Way of Greater New Haven. Chairman Yale New Haven Hospital, 1976-1983.
Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945, ATO, PTO. Member New England Gas Association (director, chairman), Association Gas. Distributors (national chairman), American Gas Association, Connecticut Bar Association (president).
Married Frances Annette Whitney, March 7, 1942. Children: Judith Condon, Richard Whitney Bowerman, Frances B. Gingrich.