Clement Bowman

{{Short description|Canadian chemical engineer (1930–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Clem_Bowman.png | image_size = | caption = | birth_name =Clement Willis Bowman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|07}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | death_date = October 7, 2021 (aged 91) | death_place = [[Sarnia, Ontario]] | known_for = Founding chairperson of [[Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority]] Member of the [[Order of Canada]] Laureate of the Global Energy International Prize Inductee of the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Toronto]] | employer = [[Imperial Oil Limited]] | occupation = Chemical Engineer | years_active = | parents = Clement Willis Bowman Sr. Emily Bowman | website = [http://www.clembowman.info clembowman.info] | footnotes = | module = {{infobox scientist | embed = yes | field = [[Chemical engineering]] | thesis_title = Mass transfer from disperse particles. | thesis_year = 1960 | thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223308221 }} }}

'''Clement Willis Bowman''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100%|CM|FCAE|PEng}} (January 7, 1930 – October 7, 2021) was a Canadian chemical engineer, the founding chairperson of the [[Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority]]. He was a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] and a recipient of the [[Global Energy Prize]].<ref name="GEIP">{{cite web|url=http://www.ge-prize.ru/en/publication_folder.php?itemId=8959|title=Environmental solutions are critical to oil sands future|date=June 15, 2008|publisher=Global Energy International Prize|accessdate=April 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210124915/http://ge-prize.ru/en/publication_folder.php?itemId=8959|archive-date=February 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="parliament">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=2&DocId=3465829|title=39th Parliament, 2nd Session|date=May 5, 2008|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=April 10, 2009}}</ref><ref name="apega">{{cite web | url=http://www.apega.ca/Members/Publications/Magazines/ThePEG/2013/december/offline/download.pdf | title=Movers & Shakers | work=The PEG | date=December 2013 | accessdate=February 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221053745/http://www.apega.ca/Members/Publications/Magazines/ThePEG/2013/december/offline/download.pdf | archive-date=February 21, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career== After graduating from the [[University of Toronto]] as a chemical engineer in 1952, Bowman worked for several years with [[DuPont|DuPont Canada]] on the production of nylon in Kingston, Ontario.<ref name="FCIC"/><ref name="Global Energy Prize"/> He then returned to the University of Toronto in 1957 for postgraduate work. In 1958, he attained a MASc and then a PhD in 1961.<ref name="Global Energy Prize"/>

After receiving his PhD, Bowman joined [[Imperial Oil Limited]], an affiliate of [[Exxon Corporation]], at the [[Esso Research Centre]] in [[Sarnia]], [[Ontario]]. In 1964, he was assigned to a test of bitumen separation on the oil sands formation in Alberta.<ref name="FCIC" /> He worked for Syncrude Canada Limited for the next six years, conducting studies on the molecular and interfacial properties of the oil sands and the mechanism of the Clark hot water separation process, leading to a paper presented at the Seventh World Petroleum Congress in [[Mexico City]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bowman |first1=C. W. |title=Molecular and Interfacial Properties of Athabasca Tar Sands. -- Paper presented at the 7th World Petroleum Congress |date=April 2, 1967 |page=WPC-12257 |url=https://onepetro.org/WPCONGRESS/proceedings-abstract/WPC07/All-WPC07/WPC-12257/198979 |access-date=October 10, 2021 |publisher=[[Society of Petroleum Engineers#OnePetro|OnePetro]] |location=Mexico City, Mexico |language=en}}</ref>

In the late 1960s the government of Alberta decreased the rate of [[oil sands]] development, and Bowman returned to Imperial's research department in [[Sarnia]],<ref name=apega/> and was later promoted to senior researcher.<ref name=apega/>

In 1975, Bowman was appointed the first chairperson of the [[Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority]] (AOSTRA).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/wanted-vision-and-the-latest-oil-sands-extraction-methods/article10817255/ | title=Wanted: Vision and the latest oil sands extraction methods | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | accessdate=February 9, 2014 | author=Yakabuski, Konrad| date=April 6, 2013 }}</ref> AOSTRA is a crown corporation with a fund of US$100 million (worth US${{Inflation|US|100|1975|r=-2}} million today).<ref name="UN">{{cite web|url=http://www.cepal.org/comercio/noticias/documentosdetrabajo/1/34371/paper__AHester_web.pdf|title=Project: Public-private for innovation and export diversification and upgrading|last=Hester |first=Annette|author2=Leah Lawrence|publisher=United Nations|pages=22|accessdate=April 10, 2009}}</ref> He was responsible for starting a project to obtain access to the deep oil sands deposits by sinking a shaft and drilling horizontal wells by [[directional drilling]], now the basis of the widely adopted method of [[steam assisted gravity drainage]] (SAGD).<ref name="Canadian petroleum">{{cite web | url=http://www.canadianpetroleumhalloffame.ca/clement-bowman.html | title=Clement Willis Bowman | publisher=Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame | access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref>

In 1984, Bowman returned to Imperial Oil as Vice President—Research of its division Esso Petroleum Canada, with responsibility for the Sarnia Research Centre.<ref name="uoitca">{{cite web | url=http://uoit.ca/main/current-students/academics-and-programs/convocation/honorary-degrees/2013/dr.-clement-bowman.php | title=Dr. Clement Bowman | publisher=[[Ontario Tech University|University of Ontario Institute of Technology]] | accessdate=February 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135223/http://uoit.ca/main/current-students/academics-and-programs/convocation/honorary-degrees/2013/dr.-clement-bowman.php | archive-date=February 22, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1986, he returned to Alberta as President of the Alberta Research Council, an Alberta crown corporation. At the Council, he led the organization into joint research ventures with the private sector, with the oil sands and their environmental issues remaining a priority.<ref name="dose">{{cite web|url=http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=26130aa7-e86d-411a-800e-d1148c9fda03|title='National will' required to make oilsands development sustainable: expert|last=Boswell|first=Randy|date=April 30, 2008|publisher=Dose.ca|accessdate=April 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165743/http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=26130aa7-e86d-411a-800e-d1148c9fda03|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He left the Alberta Research Council in 1991 to open his own consulting practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/progrid.ca|title = Progrid.ca - All you need to know about Progrid}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason= The linked company website displays no useful support materials. |date=October 2021}} In 1989, five years after leaving AOSTRA, he received the [[Karl Clark (chemist)|Karl Clark]] Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to AOSTRA,<ref name="FCIC">{{cite news |last1=Pasternak |first1=I.S. |title=C.W. (Clem) Bowman, FCIC: for the love of research. - The Free Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/C.W.+%28Clem%29+Bowman%2C+FCIC%3A+for+the+love+of+research-a011154114 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=Canadian Chemical News |agency=Chemical Institute of Canada |date=June 1991}}</ref> and the funds led to a $10,000 endowment to the University of Alberta for a scholarship in his name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr CW Bowman Scholarship in Chemical Engineering - ScholarshipsCanada.com! |url=https://www.scholarshipscanada.com/Scholarships/43681/Dr-CW-Bowman-Scholarship-in-Chemical-Engineering |website=ScholarshipsCanada.com |access-date=October 9, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dr CW Bowman Scholarship in Chemical Engineering - Canadian Scholarships |url=http://www.canadian-universities.net/Scholarships/D/Dr-CW-Bowman-Scholarship-in-Chemical-Engineering.html |website=www.canadian-universities.net |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref>

Bowman was a key adviser to Premier Lougheed on energy issues throughout the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite news | title=Oilsands could 'hit a wall,' expert warns PM | work=The Calgary Herald | date=April 30, 2008 | author=Boswell, Randy}}</ref>

In 1991, Bowman developed a decision-making methodology, called ''ProGrid'', based on the work of Alex Lowey and Phil Hood in their book ''The Power of the 2×2 Matrix''. AOSTRA used it for practical decisions such as selecting research projects, choosing corporate strategies,<ref>"Caprice Versus Standardization in Venture Capital Decision Making" Brent Mainprize, Kevin Hindle, Brock Smith, and Ron Mitchell, ''[[The Journal of Private Equity]]'' Winter 2003, Vol. 7, No. 1: pp. 15-25 {{doi|10.3905/jpe.2003.320060}} [http://www.iijournals.com/doi/abs/10.3905/jpe.2003.320060]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clement Bowman, Energy leader |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/clement-bowman-energy-leader/article1216118/ |access-date=October 10, 2021 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=September 30, 2010 |language=en-CA |quote=Mr. Bowman is currently chairman of the board at ProGrid Ventures Inc., a project he developed - ProGrid is a creative evaluation method to measure intangible concepts like beauty, intelligence and art in order to assist companies with key evaluations, the marketing of new technologies and strategic decision making.}}</ref> and making decisions on proposals, grant applications and awards in a number of Canadian research institutions and Centres of Excellence, such as [[Alberta Innovates|Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research]], the [[Canadian Foundation for Innovation]] and the Ontario Centres of Excellence.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofa.on.ca/uploads/userfiles/files/alternative%20technologies%20to%20transform%20biomass%20into%20energy%20jan%202013.pdf | title=Alternative Technologies to Transform Biomass into Energy | publisher=Western Sarnia-Lambton Research | date=December 2012 | accessdate=February 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015403/http://www.ofa.on.ca/uploads/userfiles/files/alternative%20technologies%20to%20transform%20biomass%20into%20energy%20jan%202013.pdf | archive-date=February 22, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Intangibles : exploring the full depth of issues | publisher=WorldCat | author=Bowman C W| oclc=62129890 }}</ref><ref name="automotive">{{cite news | title=WINNER OF GLOBAL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS CRITICAL TO OIL SANDS FUTUR | work=Automotive Industries | date=June 2008 | author=Babbin, Malcolm}}</ref>

From 2005 to 2015, Bowman chaired the Energy Pathways Task Force for the [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]], which published four reports and two books and held many workshops presenting energy options for Canada.<ref name="CCN">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/utilities-industry-electric-power/5497638-1.html|title=Clem Bowman, HFCIC, has been named the first recipient of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding leadership of the CAE's Energy Pathways Task Force.|date=September 1, 2007|publisher=Canadian Chemical News|accessdate=April 10, 2009}}</ref><ref name="innovation">{{cite web|url=http://www.innovationanthology.com/news.php?id=47|title=CAE Workshop Pushes "Big" Sustainable Energy Projects|date=October 12, 2007|publisher=Innovation Anthology|accessdate=April 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713035610/http://www.innovationanthology.com/news.php?id=47|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received the CAE Distinguished Service award in 2007 for his work on the task force.<ref name=automotive/>

==Recognitions and awards== During his career, Bowman held the office of President or Chairperson at the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, the Chemical Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Research Management Association.<ref name="alberta">{{cite web|url=http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=/acn/200303/14005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716155220/http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=%2Facn%2F200303%2F14005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2011|title=International Review Committee Members|date=March 6, 2003|publisher=Government of Alberta|accessdate=April 10, 2009}}</ref> He received University of Toronto's 25-year Meritorious Service Medal in 1977.<ref name="FCIC" /> In 1991, he received the Canadian Research Management Association's Medalist Award and the Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Award. He was a Member of the National Research Council and served on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association for the World Petroleum Congresses. In 1993, he became an Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, and in 1994 was installed as a [[Member of the Order of Canada]].<ref name="OC">{{cite web |title=Order of Canada - Clement W. Bowman, C.M., Ph.D., F.C.I.C., P.Eng. |url=https://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3191 |website=archive.gg.ca |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref> In 2014, he was selected as an Honorary Fellow of the [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Forty-nine new Fellows and two Honorary Fellows inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering |url=https://www.cae-acg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CAENewsRelease_NewFellows2014.pdf |publisher= [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]] |access-date=October 9, 2021 |language=en |date=June 26, 2014}}</ref>

Bowman was awarded the 2008 [[Global Energy Prize|Global Energy International Prize]] by Russian president [[Dmitri Medvedev]].<ref name="Global Energy Prize">{{cite web |title=Clement Bowman (Canada) 2007 |url=https://globalenergyprize.org/en/2019/12/01/klement-bouman-kaliforniya/ |website=The Global Energy Association |access-date=October 9, 2021 |date=2008}}</ref><ref name=Kommersant20080417>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kommersant.com/p883326/r_530/Global_Energy_Awards/ |title="Global Energy Awards Winners Named", ''Kommersant'', Apr. 17, 2008 |access-date=March 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065534/http://www.kommersant.com/p883326/r_530/Global_Energy_Awards/ |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, the [[University of Western Ontario]] named a {{CA$|link=yes}}50 million national centre for technology commercialization, the Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy, after him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://suschemalliance.ca/newsletter/SCA_winter10/winter_2010-11_newsletter.pdf | title=Dr. Clement Bowman: Looking to the Future | publisher=SusChemAlliance | date=Winter 2010–11 | accessdate=February 9, 2014}}</ref> The Bowman Centre is housed at the university's Western-Sarnia-Lambton Research Park campus.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://westernresearchparks.ca/affiliated_parks/sarnialambton_research_park.html | title=Western-Sarnia-Lambton Research Park | publisher=Western Research Parks | accessdate=February 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220010546/http://westernresearchparks.ca/affiliated_parks/sarnialambton_research_park.html | archive-date=February 20, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce presented the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151009083159/http://www.chamber.ca/advocacy/canadas-resource-cities-initiative/canadas-resource-champions/ Canada’s Resources Champion Award] to the Bowman Centre.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morden |first1=Paul |title=Bowman Centre honoured by Chamber of Commerce |url=https://www.theobserver.ca/2015/11/13/bowman-centre-honoured-by-chamber-of-commerce |access-date=October 10, 2021 |work=Sarnia Observer |date=November 13, 2015 |language=en-CA}}</ref>

Bowman was inducted to the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame in 2013.<ref name="Canadian petroleum"/>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="155px"> File:Clement Bowman and Oleg Favorsky.jpg|2008 winners of the Global Energy International Prize Clement Bowman and Oleg Favorsky at a press conference in 2008. File:President & Bowman at Podium.jpg|President Medvedev and Bowman at the podium </gallery>

==Personal life== Bowman was born  on January 7, 1930, in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref name="Global Energy Prize" /> After high school, he enrolled in the [[University of Toronto]] where he graduated as a chemical engineer in 1952, and later earned his MASc and PhD.<ref name="Global Energy Prize" />

After his retirement, Bowman lived in Sarnia. He remained active with the Bowman Centre and was named to the Mayor’s Honour’s List in 2008. Bowman died in Sarnia on October 7, 2021, at the age of 91.<ref name=SarniaObserver-Obit>{{cite news |last1=Morden |first1=Paul |title=Founder of Sarnia's Bowman Centre has died |url=https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/founder-of-sarnias-bowman-centre-has-died |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=[[Sarnia Observer]] |date=October 7, 2021 |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Irwin |first1=Melanie |title=Bowman Centre founder dies |url=https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2021/10/07/bowman-centre-founder-dies/ |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=BlackburnNews.com |date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>

==Publications== * ''Intangibles: Exploring the Full Depth of Issues'', FCIC, Grafiks Marketing & Communications, {{ISBN|0-9739339-0-9}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164241/http://www.acad-eng-gen.ca/nouveau/CAECalgaryWorkshopOutput12Oct07.pdf "Three National Technology Projects"], Canadian Academy of Engineering, Oct. 11/12, 2007

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