William G. Bowen

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William G. Bowen
Harold T. Shapiro
Personal details
Born(1933-10-06)October 6, 1933
PhD
)

William Gordon Bowen (

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, serving as its president from 1988 to 2006.[2] From 1972 until 1988, he was the president of Princeton University. Bowen founded the digital library, JSTOR
.

Early life

Bowen was born on October 6, 1933, in

PhD
.

Career

Bowen joined the Princeton

labor economics. In 1967 he became the university's provost, and served as the seventeenth president of the university from 1972 to 1988. In 1988, Bowen left Princeton to become president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where he created a research program to investigate doctoral education
, collegiate admissions, independent research libraries, and charitable nonprofits in order to ensure that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's grants would be well-informed and more effective.

William Bowen was also partially responsible for

Ithaka Harbors, Inc.

Bowen authored 19 books, including the

Grawemeyer Award-winning The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (co-authored with Derek Bok). One of his books, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education (2005), was coauthored with Eugene M. Tobin and Martin A. Kurzweil. Bowen's study of graduation rates at public universities in the United States culminated in the book Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities[6] that was coauthored with Matthew M. Chingos and Michael S. McPherson. He also wrote (with James Shulman) The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values (Princeton University Press, 2001).[7]

Duke University President

2006 lacrosse team case
.

Bowen died on October 20, 2016, fourteen days after his 83rd birthday, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. He is buried in the Presidents' Plot at the Princeton Cemetery.

Positions held

Awards and recognition

Bowen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1973 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1978.[9][10]

In 2013, he received a 2012 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.[11][12]

In 2008, he received the José Vasconcelos World Award of Education for his lifetime's work creating educational opportunities.[13]

In 2001, he received the

Grawemeyer Award for his book written with Derek Bok, The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions.[14]

See also

  • Baumol's cost disease

Notes

  1. ^ "William G. Bowen, 17th president of Princeton University, dies at age 83". Princeton University. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ Roberts, Sam (22 October 2016). "William G. Bowen, Princeton Educator Who Championed Poor and Minority Students, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p. A21. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Ever the Teacher". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ "JSTOR About us". JSTOR. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ Bowen, W.G. and Chingos, M.M., McPherson, M.S.: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities
  7. ISBN 9780691096193
    . Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  8. ^ Golden, Daniel; Burke, Doris (8 October 2019). "The Unseen Student Victims of the "Varsity Blues" College-Admissions Scandal". The New Yorker.
  9. ^ "William Gordon Bowen". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  10. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  11. ^ President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Whitehouse.gov, retrieved 30 June 2013
  12. ^ Princeton University - Former Princeton President Bowen awarded National Humanities Medal
  13. ^ "José Vasconcelos World Award of Education 2008". Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  14. The Grawemeyer Awards. Archived from the original
    on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
Academic offices
Preceded by
President of Princeton University

1972–1988 		Succeeded by
Harold T. Shapiro
Preceded by President of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
1988–2006 		Succeeded by
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