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- The Daily News Transcript (Dedham-Norwood-Walpole-Westwood, MA)
November 22, 2006
NORWOOD - Earl Kenneth Bowen, 88, of Norwood, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, of complications from a stroke. A resident of Norwood for more than 60 years, he was a retired mathematics professor emeritus at Babson College and author of several college textbooks.
He was the husband of Dorothy Ethel Holmes, whom he met in high school, married in 1942, and with whom he celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in June.
Born on his parents' farm in Colonie, N.Y., he lived in Springfield and Worcester, finally settling in West Springfield in 1931. He graduated from West Springfield High in 1936, a star athlete playing on a conference winning soccer team and on the track team, setting school records in the discus, shot put, and javelin, at least one of which remained unbroken for decades.
As a young man he spent much time camping, trapping, and fishing in the Connecticut River Valley, forming a lifelong connection with the natural world, and maintained a vegetable garden at his Norwood home. Mr. Bowen graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he lettered in soccer and track. He did graduate studies at Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and taught math at Northeastern University, where he also served as assistant track coach.
During World War II, Mr. Bowen worked for the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development, as a scientific consultant in mathematics in the Office of Field Services (OFS). He was a collaborator in the creation of a series of graphic summary sheets that were organized to show in simplified fashion the major effects of various bombs and fuses. After returning home in 1946,
Mr. Bowen was appointed instructor in statistics at Babson College (then known as Babson Institute) where he worked for the next 35 years retiring in 1981. He taught math, statistics, and computer fundamentals to generations of undergraduates. He was promoted to full professor in 1962, and served as chairman of the department of statistic from 1964 to 1974. From 1962 through 1963, he was director of institutional research while serving as professor. Mr. Bowen was associate director of athletics in 1952 to 1953, and director of athletics from 1953 to 1955 at Babson. He introduced soccer and hockey to Babson, and was named outstanding professor at Babson in 1971.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son and daughter-in-law, Steven H. and Susan Stein of Arlington, and a daughter, Pamela B. Jewell, of Scotia, N.Y.; a sister, Elizabeth B. Briggs of Norwood; three grandsons and their wives, James and Holly Jewell, Keith and Jennifer Jewell and John and Laura Jewell; and two great-grandchildren, Daniel Vincent and Allison Marie Jewell.
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