Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Bowles attended The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1919, and the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924.
Bowles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Bowles attended The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1919, and the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. Bowles was earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924.