Lloyd Ray Bowyer

Father: Ralph Willis Bowyer (1907-1987)

Mother: Susie Blanche Skavdahl (1907-1960)

Born April 18, 1935, at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.

Spouse: Margaret Jane Clarke (1935-)

Married September 2, 1956, at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

Children:

  1. M Brian Neil Bowyer (1957-1976)
  2. F Ellen Sue Bowyer (1960-)
  3. M Andrew Clarke Bowyer (1963-)
  4. M Timothy Scott Bowyer (1967-)(adopted)
  5. F Doreen Smith (1969-) (foster daughter)

Ray graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, and was employed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and a corporate successor for most of his career. He was one of the pioneers of sending digital data over telephone lines, worked in Ballistic Missile Defense, and spent many years developing computer software for use in telephone company operations.
 
Ray was the author or co-author of ten technical papers and talks. He was also a contributor to the reference book “Engineering and Operations in the Bell System.”
 
Ray published two books, one recording his own family history (Bowyer-Skavdahl Genealogy), and the other recording his wife’s family history (Clarke-Hansford Genealogy). He is also a web site developer, developing personally or jointly with others four different web sites, including this one.
 
Ray and Margie moved from New Jersey to Big Canoe, Georgia, in 1995.
 
He is a member of the Big Canoe Chapel and Friendship Force of Big Canoe/North Georgia, and president of the board of Friends of the Pickens County. Library.
 


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Modified December 11, 2009