Bowerman, Max Henry, 1917-1991
Biography
Max Henry Bowerman (1917-1991) is the son of Henry Kipp Bowerman (1880-1954) and Margaret Minerva Gill Bowerman (1886–1969). Raised in Enid, Oklahoma, he graduated high school in 1935. In fall 1935, Bowerman enrolled at Centenary College of Louisiana and played on the school’s football, baseball, and basketball teams. During the unusual and record-setting Centenary versus Texas Tech football game on November 11, 1939, he was one of Centenary’s punters. In 1940, Bowerman graduated from Centenary with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He was an employee of the oil field logging and drilling equipment company Hycalog Inc., and he later worked for Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. In 1941, Bowerman married Susan Azelie Durst (1920-2007).