| Otis R. Bowen  AKA Otis Ray Bowen
Born: 26-Feb-1918
Birthplace: Rochester, IN
Died: 4-May-2013
Location of death: Donaldson, IN
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Indiana, 1973-81 Military service: US Army (1943-46, Captain) Father: Vernie Bowen (teacher/merchant)
Mother: Pearl Irene Wright
Wife: Elizabeth Ann Steinmann in ("Beth", m. 1939, d. 1981)
Wife: Rose Mary Hochstetler (m. 1981)
University: AB, Indiana University (1939)
Medical School: MD, Indiana University (1942)
Professor: Medicine, Indiana University (1976-85)
Trustee: Valparaiso University (1978-85)
US Secretary of Health and Human Services (13-Dec-1985 to 20-Jan-1989)
Governor of Indiana (9-Jan-1973 to 13-Jan-1981)
Indiana State House of Representatives (1960-72, with 1967-72 as Speaker)
Indiana State House of Representatives (1956-58)
Indiana State Official Coroner, Marshall County, Indiana (1952)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
American Legion
American Medical Association
Delta Chi Fraternity
Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sued by the ACLU (Oct-1987)
Author of books:
Doc: Memories from a Life in Public Service (2000, memoir)
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