In saluting Emeritus Professor Richard S. Bower at the Overseers Dinner on May 4, Frank Herringer D’64, T’65 acknowledged his former professor as “a noted scholar, widely published.” But equally important, Herringer said, was that “first and foremost, he was a great teacher—probably the best I’ve ever had.” Coming from the current chairman of Transamerica Corp., the compliment was especially significant. Herringer offered his tribute after the announcement of a new fund that will bear Bower’s name. The Professor Richard S. Bower Finance, Economics, and Accounting Seminar Fund will give Tuck faculty members the opportunity to meet regularly in interactive sessions to share their current research, debate topics, and challenge each other’s assumptions.
At the time of the dinner, 45 people had contributed to the Bower Fund and more than $700,000 had been raised. “Naming this fund for Dick,” said Dean Paul Danos, “is a way of honoring someone who has great tenacity and intellectual curiosity, who has conducted brilliant research, and who has dedicated himself to teaching and stayed in contact with generations of students. He is the very model of the type of Tuck faculty member we wish to inspire through these seminars.”
