Background
Bowlby, Roger Louis was born on October 22, 1929 in Shiawassee County, Michigan, United States. Son of Jay Faxon and Ada Rose (Mühlbach) Bowlby.
Bowlby, Roger Louis was born on October 22, 1929 in Shiawassee County, Michigan, United States. Son of Jay Faxon and Ada Rose (Mühlbach) Bowlby.
Bachelor, Michigan State University, 1950. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1958.
Graduate assistant economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1950-1951;
teaching fellow in economics, University Texas, Austin, 1951-1953;
economics instructor, University Texas, Austin, 1956-1957;
economics instructor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1957-1958;
assistant professor economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1958-1963;
labor economist, Department Labor, Washington, 1963-1965;
from associate professor to professor economics, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1996;
professor emeritus, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1996. Part-time instructor U. Maryland. Overseas, Molesworth Air Force Base, England, 1956.
Labor expert International Labour Office, Geneva, 1971, 74, 77, 86, 88.
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American Economic Association, Industrial Relations Research Association.
Married Sylva Macrides, October 31, 1953. Children: Gavin Jay, Larry Brier.