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“At that time there wasn’t the organizational concern for younger pathologists that there is today, so he was a little ahead of his day in that regard. We have the New in Practice Committee now,” Dr. Leverone says. While Dr. Bowman was not directly involved in creating the New in Practice Committee, he was devoted to promoting organizational education for residents and newly practicing pathologists. “He kept the subject in front of us all the time.”
One of Dr. Bowman’s most significant initiatives during his term on the foundation board was organizing a series of educational conferences on strategic, mission-related topics on pathology and medicine, Dr. Bachner says. Between 1980 and 1989, the foundation held five conferences, with titles such as “The Autopsy: Revitalizing the Ultimate Medical Consultation” and “Pathology in a World of Changing Technology.” Summaries of each conference appeared in CAP publications.
“He was a community-oriented person and a pillar of whatever he be-longed to—the CAP, his community, his practice, his hospital,” Dr. Leverone says. “He was forward-looking and didn’t rest on the status quo.”
“He was a very hale and hearty fellow, the kind of individual you enjoyed spending an evening with,” he adds.
Dr. Bowman, of Muskegon, Mich., is survived by two sons, a daughter, 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. His wife, Sally, preceded him in death in 2005.
—Amy Carpenter Aquino