Bowles, Edward Lindley, 1897-1990

Inventor, engineer, and educator.

From the description of Edward Lindley Bowles papers, 1869-1990 (bulk 1920-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456446

Engineer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Edward Lindley Bowles : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722261

Edward L. Bowles born December 9, 1897 in Westphalia, Missouri. He was a Consultant to the Secretary of War and Special Consultant to the Commanding General of the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1947. Bowles died on January 5, 1990.

From the description of Bowles, Edward Lindley, 1897-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575633

Biographical Note

• 1897, Dec. 9: Born, Westphalia, Mo.
• 1918: United States Army, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and Fort Sheridan, Ill.
• 1920: B.S., Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
• 1921 - 1922 : Radio editor, Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Mass.
• 1922: Married Lois Wuerpel M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1922 - 1925 : Assistant instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1925 - 1927 : Assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1926 - 1937 : Director, Round Hill Research Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, South Dartmouth, Mass.
• 1927 - 1937 : Associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1937 - 1947 : Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1940 - 1942 : Secretary, Microwave Committee, National Defense Research Committee, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1942 - 1947 : Leave of absence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Consultant to secretary of war
• 1943 - 1947 : Consultant to commanding general, United States Army Air Forces
• 1945: D.Sc., Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. Distinguished Service Medal, United States Army Air Forces
• 1947 - 1957 : Scientific consultant, United States Air Force
• 1947 - 1963 : Consulting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1947 - 1966 : General consultant to president, Raytheon Co., Waltham, Mass.
• 1948: Honorary commander, civil division, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Presidential Medal of Merit
• 1950 - 1952 : Scientific warfare adviser, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• 1951 - 1954 : Consultant to secretary of the army
• 1955 - 1958 : Chairman, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on [television] Allocations, Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• 1959 - 1964 : Director, Scientific Development Corp., Watertown, Mass.
• 1963 - : Professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1964 - 1967 : Consultant and special assistant to president, Analex Corp., Boston, Mass.
• 1965 - 1966 : Director, Jarrell-Ash Co., Waltham, Mass.
• 1965 - 1966 : President, Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, Mass.
• 1965 - 1968 : Consultant, director, Anderson-Nichols & Co., Boston, Mass.
• 1966 - 1977 : Director, White Consolidated Industries, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1968 - 1970 : Chairman of the board and president, Information Transfer Corp., Wellesley, Mass.
• 1969 - 1977 : Director, Bentley College, Waltham, Mass.
• 1970 - 1974 : Director, Kodály Musical Training Institute, Wellesley, Mass.
• 1981 - : Trustee, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass.
• 1990, Sept. 9: Died, Weston, Mass.

From the guide to the Edward Lindley Bowles Papers, 1869-1990, (bulk 1920-1982), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)