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Bowker Life Achievements

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

Milestones in the life of Bradford Bowker:

* BORN: Jan. 27, 1906, in Whitefield, N.H.

* EDUCATION: Graduated Whitefield High School (1925); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass., 1929), one of the top-rated polytechnic schools in the nation.

* MILITARY: World War II Navy veteran. He rose in rank from lieutenant to rear admiral in the Seabees.

* MARRIAGE: to Ernestine (1953), his second wife.

* FIRST CHILD: Ruth (1936), from a previous marriage.

* ORGANIZATIONS: 32nd degree Mason.

* RETIREMENT: 1973.

* DIED: Friday in Las Vegas.

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