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Mary Bowman was born on 17 October, 1908 in New York City, New York, United States, is an American economist. Discover Mary Bowman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 17 October, 1908
Birthday 17 October
Birthplace New York City, New York, United States
Date of death 4 June, 2002
Died Place Hyde Park, Illinois, United States
Nationality United States

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1908

Mary Jean Bowman (October 17, 1908 – June 4, 2002) was an American economist who mostly focused on education economics.

Mary Jean Bowman was born to mother Mary K. Kauffman and father Harold Martin Bowman on October 17, 1908 in New York City.

She was raised in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

1930

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1930.

In the 1930s, Dr. Bowman was doing research and casework at the Massachusetts Women's State Prison.

1932

Bowman's first job after college was in 1932 when she became city supervisor of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

1935

She served as Director of the Northwest Central Region Consumer Purchases Survey for the United States Department of Agriculture during academic year 1935–36 and was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota in 1941.

1938

She received her Master of Arts degree from Radcliffe College two years later and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1938.

1940

In the 1940s and 1950s, the textbook that she co-authored with George Leland Bach, called Economic Analysis and Public Policy, became the most popularly used college-level economic textbook.

She researched and published articles on domestic and international economic issues, and worked with her husband to publish work as well.

1942

The two were married on July 18, 1942 in Iowa City, Iowa.

Together they had one child, Lloyd Barr.

1943

Three years later she became an instructor and, later, an assistant professor at Iowa State University where she remained until 1943.

During her time teaching at Iowa State she, and the other school's scientists were asked, under pressure from the dairy industry to support the idea that, "butter is better for you than margarine."

In what became known as the oleomargarine diaspora, she, her husband, Theodore Schultz, D. Gale Johnson, and others left the university as a form of protest.

1944

She was a senior economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1944–46.

1949

She relocated to Chicago, Illinois with her husband, C. Arnold Anderson, in 1949.

1953

Mary Jean Bowman was the only female member of the social science research council, and she served at the national level for the American Association of University Women in 1953.

Using data from the United States, Mexico, Japan and Malaysia, Bowman investigated the effects of education on economic development and income distribution, with an emphasis on the relationship between fertility and technological change.

Some of her later work explores expectations and business decision-making, especially investment decisions.

Mary Jean Bowman wrote six books and over seventy-five articles.

She was known for her work in the economics of education.

1956

Bowman was a Fulbright research fellow in Sweden in 1956–57 and then was a contract researcher for Resources for the Future until 1959.

1958

Due to her husband being a faculty member at the University of Chicago, Bowman served as an associate professor at the University of Chicago until she received a faculty appointment in 1958 as a result of a change in nepotism rules at the university.

1969

In 1969 she received joint-appointment in the economics and education departments at the university.

She served as a visiting professor in Yugoslavia, Brazil, Sweden, the London School of Economics and with the World Bank.

2002

Dr. Bowman passed at home in Hyde Park on June 4, 2002.