David R. Bowen

A Representative from Mississippi. Born in Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss. , October 21, 1932. Graduated, Cleveland (Miss. ) High School, 1950. Attended University of Missouri, 1950-1952. A. B. , Harvard University, 1954. M. A. , Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1956. Served in the United States Army, private first class, 1957-1958. Assistant professor of political science and history, Mississippi College, 1958-1959, and Millsaps College, 1959-1964. Employed by U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966-1967. U. S. Chamber of Commerce, 1967-1968. First coordinator of federal-state programs, State of Mississippi, 1968-1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress. Visiting lecturer, Mississippi State University, 1985-1987. Is a resident of McLean, Va.