Background
Bowden,, Royce O. was born on March 25, 1961 in Picayune, Mississippi, United States. Son of Royce O. and Vondell (Speirs) Bowden.
industrial and systems educator
Bowden,, Royce O. was born on March 25, 1961 in Picayune, Mississippi, United States. Son of Royce O. and Vondell (Speirs) Bowden.
Bachelor of Science, University Southern Mississippi, 1984. Master of Science, Mississippi St. University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Mississippi St. University, 1992.
Manufacturing engineer cooperative Martin Marietta Aerospace, New Orleans, 1982-1983. Manufacturing engineer Texas (Dallas) Instruments, 1984-1985. Research assistant Mississippi St. (Mississippi) University, 1985-1988, instructor, 1988-1992, assistant professor, 1992-1997, associate professor, since 1997.
Deputy director National Center for Intermodal Transportation, since 1998.
Member Institute Industrial Engineers (senior, graduate research award 1990), Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, Alpha Pi Mu, Sigma Zi.
Married CeCelia Pritchard, July 23, 1988. Children: Royce T. and Robert V.