[1][2][3] After secondary education at Gordon Bell High School, Bowman studied medicine at the University of Manitoba Medical College with M.D.
He became a certified pediatrician in 1956 and then from 1956 to 1957 studied and lectured in clinical pediatrics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
In 1957 he joined his identical twin brother William David "Bill" Bowman (1925–2011)[4] in the pediatric department of the Manitoba Medical Clinic.
With his assistance, the Rh Institute introduced the column chromatographic method of blood fractionation to North America in 1972.
[2]He was one of the main contributors to Cangene Corporation's development and licensing in Canada in 1980 of WinRho, in which "Win" represents Winnipeg.