Mississippi Poultry Association Honors Van Bowman
Mississippi Poultry Association, Inc.
110 Airport Road, Suite C
Pearl, Mississippi 39208
601-932-7560 phone
601-932-7568 fax
E-Mail: mpaoffice@bellsouth.net
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Mark Leggett, President
Becky Beard, Administrative Assistant
As Mississippi’s poultry industry has grown into a leading economic engine, a few individuals have been honored for their role in steering the industry to prominence. The latest person to be honored is Van R. Bowman of Carthage who has spent 50 years with several companies.
The Mississippi Poultry Association inducted Bowman into its Mississippi Hall of Fame. The installation ceremony was held recently at the Hill Poultry Science Building at Mississippi State University. Bowman, who retires December 31 from Peco Foods, Inc. also worked for R & R Milling, Arbor Acre Farms, Green Acre Farms, Choctaw Maid Farms and Sanderson Farms in his long and distinguished career that began in 1955 while he was in high school.
In addition to serving individual companies, Bowman served the entire industry through volunteering his time to build the Mississippi Poultry Association for more than 20 years. He served two terms as Chairman of the Board.
In addition to his long list of accomplishments and successes in the Mississippi poultry industry, Bowman has served on the Mississippi Board of Animal Health, as an advisor to the Mississippi State University Department of Poultry Science and mentored many poultry science graduates as he rose through the ranks to become one of the leaders of the industry. Along with his success in the poultry industry Bowman serves as an Elder in the Carthage Presbyterian Church in his home town of Carthage.