Background
MacDowell, Robert James was born on May 5, 1930 in Tulsa. Son of Harold Frank and Dorothy (Porterfield) Macdonald.
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Robert James MacDowell
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Education
Student music, U. Oklahoma, 1948-1949; Bachelor, U. Tulsa, 1953; postgraduate, Boston University, 1963; postgraduate, Morningside College, 1963-1965.
Career
Officer, United States Air Force, 1954; advanced through grades to major, United States Air Force director information, United States Air Force, numerous locations including United States, Europe, Iceland, Vietnam, 1954-1974; retired, United States Air Force, 1974; director public relations, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1974; director public relations, Westminster Gerontology Foundation, Kansas City, Missoury, 1975; public information assistant, New Orleans Public Service Inc., 1975-1983; corporation communications representative, New Orleans Public Service Inc., 1985-1988; public relations representative, Louisiana Power and Light Company, New Orleans, 1983-1985; corporation communications representative, Louisiana Power and Light Company, New Orleans, since 1985. Leisure travel consultant UNIGLOBE Hibernia Travel Corporation, since 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Ruling elder John Knox Kirk, Kansas City, 1970, Lakeview Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, 1977-1979, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Orleans,1981-1984. Member Public Relations Society American (accredited. President Kansas City chapter 1972, New Orleans chapter 1981), International Association Business Communicators, Retired Officers Association, Press Club, World Trade Club, Sertoma (president New Orleans chapter since 1975, district governor S. Louisiana district 1980).
Interests
Connections
Married Mary Lou Jennings, June 2, 1953. Children: Gloria, Marilyn, Robert II, Deborah, William.
