Louis Andrew Bowman, JD Biography
- Title:
- Member of Board of Governors of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?"
- Reasoning:
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Self proclaimed originator of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Department Manager and Assistant Trust Officer, Central National Bank, 1941-Retirement
- Trust Officer, National Builders Bank, 1930-1941
- Vice President and Trust Officer, American Trust and Safe Deposit Company, 1922-1929
- Assistant Attorney, Northern Trust Company, 1915-1922
- Assistant Manager, Chicago Trust Company, 1912-1915
- Instructor, Chicago Business Law School, 1906-1907
- Active in the Sons of the American Revolution for 35 years
- Member of the Union League Club
- Member of the Hamilton Club
- Member of the American Protective League
- Award of Merit, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, for the inclusion of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance
- Education:
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- JD, Kent College of Law in Chicago, 1900
- Other:
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- Born: 1872
- Deceased: 1959