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Born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Received B.S. from Pennsylvania State University in 1960. Married Mary Masters June 4, 1960. They had two children and were divorced in 1973. Married to Christine Valentine March 11, 1978.
Bowers served on the board of the PNG, as vice president 1975 to 1977 and as president PNG 1977 to 1979. The PNG awarded him the Abe Kosoff Founders Award in 1974. He was on the ANA board of governors 1979 to 1981, vice president 1981 to 1983 and 43rd President of the ANA from 1983 to 1985. Bowers was the youngest person to have a table when he attended the ANA convention in Omaha in 1955. He has attended every year since then. He received the ANA Medal of Merit in 1987. In 1991 he was awarded the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award. Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in 1994. In 1995 he was named “Numismatist of the Year” by the ANA. The award was presented at a $250 per plate fund raising dinner. Received the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award in 2000, Exemplary Service Award in 2003 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He is a member of the Rittenhouse Society. [Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies]
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