Edward G. Bowen, a 1959 graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine and trustee emeritus, died Tuesday. He was 74.
Bowen, a resident of Decatur and Lake Rabun, in Georgia, was a retired gynecologist and obstetrician who practiced in Atlanta.
In 1990, he received the Charles A. Duke Award as an outstanding alumnus of Duke. Bowen served as a university trustee from 1999 until 2006. He also was president of Duke's Medical Alumni Association and chair of the 50th reunion for his undergraduate class.
In addition to his many Duke activities, Bowen was involved in professional and civic projects in Atlanta, serving as president of the medical staff of Northside Hospital and chair of its board of trustees. He was also a board member of the Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Meals on Wheels.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, at A.S. Turner & Sons in Decatur, Ga. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan, Ga. The family will receive visitors from 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday, July 22, in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that gifts may be made to the Class of 1959 Scholarship Fund, Duke University School of Medicine, 512 South Mangum St., Suite 400, Durham, NC 27701, Attn: Jeanne Oury.