Background
Bowles, Walter Donald was born on December 28, 1923 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Walter Alexander and Minnie Ellen (Martin) Bowles.
Bowles, Walter Donald was born on December 28, 1923 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Walter Alexander and Minnie Ellen (Martin) Bowles.
Bachelor in Economics, University Washington, 1949. Master of Arts in Economics, Columbia University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Columbia University, 1958.
Certified in Soviet economy, Russian Institute, 1952.
Editor Research Program on Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, New York City, 1953-1955. Fellow Air University, 1955-1957. Faculty American University, Washington, 1957—1993, professor economics, chairman department, 1962-1965, professor economics, dean College Arts and Sciences, 1965-1969, professor economics, vice president academy affairs, 1969-1973, professor economics, 1974—1993.
On leave as professor economics, senior fellow Columbia University, 1973-1974. On leave as economist United States Agency for International Development, 1983-1985, consultant, 1985-1989. Professor economics Graz Center, Austria, summers 1971-1973.
Professor emeritus, 1994. Economist Overseas Development Council Project on United States and Soviet Aid, 1991. Academy director American University London Semester Program, spring, 1991.
Lecturer, director American University, African seminars, 1964. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Economics Association, Association Study Comparative Economics Systems, Association for Advancement Slavic Studies, Society for International Development.
Married Vincenza Pompea Galasso, December 22, 1955 (deceased May 11, 2005). Children: Ellen Maria, Walter Donald.