University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Bowen Endowment Dedication Set
9/12/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Bowen Endowment Dedication Set HATTIESBURG, Miss. ? The O.B. Bowen III endowment dedication will be held at the Pat Ferlise Center on Sept. 18, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. O.B. has been a favorite fixture in the Southern Miss football office for almost 30 years, and is one of the favorite sons of Golden Eagle football. Players who return to visit the campus, or players who now live long distances from the campus always seem to ask first, "How is O.B.?" O.B. handles multiple duties for the football program, both in the office during the day, and on the field where he controls practice periods with the air horn that has become his trademark. Current Head Football Coach Jeff Bower and O.B. came to Southern Miss at about the same time, when Bower was a Golden Eagle quarterback. Bower says, "O.B. is a mainstay. Our players love him." His dedication to the program prompted his family, through Richton Bank and Trust, to endow a scholarship in his name in 1998. That endowment has surpassed $50,000, and now will join the growing list of endowments that have reached or surpassed that level and are appropriately honored on the endowment board located in the Ferlise Center. The Bowen Endowment Scholarship is awarded annually to a student on the football team, a player, manager or trainer, who exemplifies the personality of O.B. Bowen, a person who bleeds Black and Gold and who takes pride in being a good citizen, with preference being given to students from Perry, Wayne, Jones and Greene counties.
