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YOUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR-NOMINEE
 WILLIAM P. (BILLY) BOWDEN
6516 NORTHWEST 110TH
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73162-6279
Work 405-659-0614
Bbowden@osrhe.edu
William P. Bowden is a native of Swifton, Arkansas which is located in the northeast corner of Arkansas. He grew up on a cotton farm and attended Swifton Public Schools. His mother was a 2nd grade school teacher and his father was a farmer. He graduated from the University of Arkansas. He obtained an MBA from George Washington University and a Masters in Political Science from Auburn.
He spent 35 years on active duty in the Air Force. He spent a year tour in the Vietnam War, flying forty four B-52 combat missions as Nav-Bombardier from U-Tapao Royal Thailand Navy Base. In that war, was also an operations officer. First part of his career was as a flyer in the Strategic Air Command during the cold war. The second part was in maintenance and logistics. He spent two tours in the Pentagon, was at 11 bases ranging from California to Washington, D.C. such as Sacramento, CA, Roswell, NM, Dayton, OH, Omaha, NE, Eglin AFB in Florida, and Montgomery, Alabama where he taught at the Air War College. He was Commander of Tinker for 4 years.
Bowden participates in civic organizations. Besides being Past President of Rotary Club 29 in OKC, he serves or has served on Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts, Regent for Rose State College, National Alumni Board of the Univ. of Ark, Chamber of Commerce, State Fair Board, Northside YMCA, Committee of 100, Air Force Association, and Nichols Hills United Methodist. He serves on the Board of the National Association of Uniformed Services in Washington, DC. In Rotary, he has 15 years of perfect attendance and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
His son, Andy, and family live in Houston, TX where he is a senior financial manager for business PCs for Hewlett-Packard. Andy's wife, Raegan, is a 3rd grade teacher. His daughter, Marjorie and family live at Scott AFB, IL near St. Louis where she is chief of protocol for the commander of US Transportation Command. Her husband, Jim Trammell, is a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force. Bowden has three grandchildren, Ross and Wesley Bowden and Samantha Trammell. Bowden's wife of 35 years is deceased.
Bowden works for the State Regents for Higher Education. He is owner and operator of the family farm in Arkansas. He lives in Northwest Oklahoma City.
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