My father was named for his maternal grandfather, James Hughes, who fought for the 15th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. His parents were Marie Hughes Bowhay and Leonard D. Bowhay, Sr. They are buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo County, Calif., along with my Dad's older brother, L.D. "Dev" Bowhay, and his uncle, Arnold Angel Bowhay, Jr.
Dad grew up in Burlingame, Calif., graduating from the University of California - Berkeley with a degree in political science. After graduation in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as instructor during the Korean War. After this, he completed a one-year Coro internship in local government in San Francisco, where he met his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Waters Bowhay. They married after the program ended, in 1956, and raised two children, Anne Bowhay (1958) and James H. Bowhay, Jr. (1959). They have five grandchildren, Emily, Peter and Jane Hanneman, and Sam and Ruth Bowhay.
He worked for several local government and non-profit agencies - in the 1960s for the California Taxpayers Association, as Tahema County's (California) county administrator, and during the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System. He joined the Council of State Governments in 1966, working first as a field representative in its San Francisco office. He moved his family to Chicago in 1969 to serve as director of CSG's first Midwestern office. He managed the Midwestern office until his retirement in 1985.
CSG honored his commitment to good government when it created the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in 1994. BILLD has since trained hundreds of young Midwestern legislators in leadership and policy matters during seminars held at the University of Wisconsin. After he died, our family honored Dad's keen interest in Civil War history by donating funds for the purchase of Civil War books at the Park Forest, Ill. Public Library, the south suburb where the family lived for almost 20 years.
Dad grew up in Burlingame, Calif., graduating from the University of California - Berkeley with a degree in political science. After graduation in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as instructor during the Korean War. After this, he completed a one-year Coro internship in local government in San Francisco, where he met his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Waters Bowhay. They married after the program ended, in 1956, and raised two children, Anne Bowhay (1958) and James H. Bowhay, Jr. (1959). They have five grandchildren, Emily, Peter and Jane Hanneman, and Sam and Ruth Bowhay.
He worked for several local government and non-profit agencies - in the 1960s for the California Taxpayers Association, as Tahema County's (California) county administrator, and during the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System. He joined the Council of State Governments in 1966, working first as a field representative in its San Francisco office. He moved his family to Chicago in 1969 to serve as director of CSG's first Midwestern office. He managed the Midwestern office until his retirement in 1985.
CSG honored his commitment to good government when it created the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in 1994. BILLD has since trained hundreds of young Midwestern legislators in leadership and policy matters during seminars held at the University of Wisconsin. After he died, our family honored Dad's keen interest in Civil War history by donating funds for the purchase of Civil War books at the Park Forest, Ill. Public Library, the south suburb where the family lived for almost 20 years.
My father was named for his maternal grandfather, James Hughes, who fought for the 15th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. His parents were Marie Hughes Bowhay and Leonard D. Bowhay, Sr. They are buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo County, Calif., along with my Dad's older brother, L.D. "Dev" Bowhay, and his uncle, Arnold Angel Bowhay, Jr.
Dad grew up in Burlingame, Calif., graduating from the University of California - Berkeley with a degree in political science. After graduation in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as instructor during the Korean War. After this, he completed a one-year Coro internship in local government in San Francisco, where he met his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Waters Bowhay. They married after the program ended, in 1956, and raised two children, Anne Bowhay (1958) and James H. Bowhay, Jr. (1959). They have five grandchildren, Emily, Peter and Jane Hanneman, and Sam and Ruth Bowhay.
He worked for several local government and non-profit agencies - in the 1960s for the California Taxpayers Association, as Tahema County's (California) county administrator, and during the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System. He joined the Council of State Governments in 1966, working first as a field representative in its San Francisco office. He moved his family to Chicago in 1969 to serve as director of CSG's first Midwestern office. He managed the Midwestern office until his retirement in 1985.
CSG honored his commitment to good government when it created the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in 1994. BILLD has since trained hundreds of young Midwestern legislators in leadership and policy matters during seminars held at the University of Wisconsin. After he died, our family honored Dad's keen interest in Civil War history by donating funds for the purchase of Civil War books at the Park Forest, Ill. Public Library, the south suburb where the family lived for almost 20 years.
Dad grew up in Burlingame, Calif., graduating from the University of California - Berkeley with a degree in political science. After graduation in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as instructor during the Korean War. After this, he completed a one-year Coro internship in local government in San Francisco, where he met his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Waters Bowhay. They married after the program ended, in 1956, and raised two children, Anne Bowhay (1958) and James H. Bowhay, Jr. (1959). They have five grandchildren, Emily, Peter and Jane Hanneman, and Sam and Ruth Bowhay.
He worked for several local government and non-profit agencies - in the 1960s for the California Taxpayers Association, as Tahema County's (California) county administrator, and during the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System. He joined the Council of State Governments in 1966, working first as a field representative in its San Francisco office. He moved his family to Chicago in 1969 to serve as director of CSG's first Midwestern office. He managed the Midwestern office until his retirement in 1985.
CSG honored his commitment to good government when it created the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in 1994. BILLD has since trained hundreds of young Midwestern legislators in leadership and policy matters during seminars held at the University of Wisconsin. After he died, our family honored Dad's keen interest in Civil War history by donating funds for the purchase of Civil War books at the Park Forest, Ill. Public Library, the south suburb where the family lived for almost 20 years.
