FRANCIS P. BOWLES ’44

FRANCIS P. BOWLES, 87, professor emeritus of English at the University of Northern Colorado, died Oct. 20, 2008. A member of Chi Psi, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University. He owned Bowles Books in Greeley, Colo., for a number of years and then received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, after which he returned to Greeley to teach at the university. Active in civic organizations, he also had held several national and world records in Masters’ Track decathlons. His wife, Barbara Vehling Bowles, predeceased him by four months. Among those who survive are two children and five grandchildren.