Robert Dobbs Fowler

Background

Fowler, Robert Dobbs was born on September 1, 1930 in Marietta, Georgia, United States. Son of Ralph W. and Irma (Dobbs) Fowler.

Career

Editor, Cobb County Times, Marietta, 1956-1958; editor, Marietta Dailey Journal, 1958-1964; public, Gwinnett Dailey News, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1964-1993; vice president, North Georgia Radio, Inc., Dalton, Georgia, 1961-1993; also director, North Georgia Radio, Inc., Dalton, Georgia president, Gwinnett Public Company, Lawrenceville, 1964-1993; also director, Gwinnett Public Company, Lawrenceville. President Winder (Georgia) News, Forsyth County News, Cuming, Georgia. Chairman of the Board Belhaven Cable television, Inc.

(North Carolina); board directors Georgia Newspaper Service, Gwinnett Foundation, Inc.

Achievements

• Robert Dobbs Fowler has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Georgia Press Educational Foundation, Atlanta, Atlanta Crime Communications. Director J.M. Tull Young Men's Christian Association Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1956. Member Georgia Press Association (president 1966-1967), Gwinnett (Georgia) Chamber of Commerce, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi.

Lodges: Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Judith Knox Lidstone, September 8, 1956. Children: Nancy Adair, Elizabeth Louise.

Father:

Ralph W. Fowler

Mother:

Irma (Dobbs) Fowler

Spouse:

Judith Knox Lidstone

child:

Elizabeth Louise Fowler

child:

Nancy Adair Fowler