James E. Bowman, Jr.

• The University of Chicago presented him with the Gold Key Award.

• Because of an educational film he helped produce, Bowman was also awarded the CINE Golden Eagle Award.

Awards, Honors, and Special Recognition

• He was the first African American in the University of Chicago to receive a permanent post as a professor.

• In 1951 and 1952, Bowman was certified by the American Board of Pathology in both pathological anatomy and clinical pathology.

Summarization

While serving as the chair of pathology in St. Luke's Hospital, Bowman was drafted into a military hospital. After leaving the military, he and his wife traveled to Iran, where Bowman witnessed a variety of diseases he had never seen before.

• He was appointed to two committees in 1973 in order to assist with evaluation of sickle cell diagnostic tests.

• Throughout his life, Bowman published approximately ninety studies in the field of human genetics.

His research on one disease in particular, favism, led him to form connections with the University of Chicago, where he would later play a vital role in the study of sickle cell anemia.

Contribution to Science

• Bowman served as the director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center in the University of Chicago from 1973 to 1984.

• He assisted with sickle cell screening and established an exhibition for the disease in the Museum of Science and Industry.

Background Information/History

• James Edward Bowman, Jr., was born on February 5, 1923, in Washington, D.C.

Additional Information

Education

• Bowman's daughter, Valerie Bowman Jarrett, is a Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama.

• Although his early education is unknown, James E. Bowman graduated from Dunbar High School in 1939, going on to earn his bachelor's degree at Harvard University.

• His father, James E. Bowman, Sr., made a living as a dentist, and his mother was named Dorothy Bowman.

• He obtained his medical degree in 1946.

• His father had originally wanted him to enter the field of dentistry.

• He later married Barbara Taylor, a child educator and author.

• They had a daughter: Valerie Bowman Jarrett.

• On September 28, 2011, after battling cancer for three years, Bowman passed away.

Works Cited

"The Longest Way Round Is the Shortest Way Home." Dr. James E. Bowman: , Medicine on the Midway, Summer 2012. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.

"ALERT: Obama Secretly Lifted Iran Sanctions Months Ago... | RedFlagNews.com." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.

"Museum of Science and Industry." Welcome to The. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.

"James Bowman, Expert on Pathology and Blood Diseases, 1923-2011." UChicago News. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

"Elrectanguloenlamano: ELEVEN FRAMES AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS CINE GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD." Elrectanguloenlamano: ELEVEN FRAMES AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS CINE GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

James E. Bowman, Jr.