Garvin Bawden Jr. ’47


Garvin Bawden Jr. ’47 of Chatham, Massachusetts, died on November 11, 2012. He grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and graduated from Philips Exeter Academy. He was assigned to Dartmouth in the V-12 program and majored in economics. He was first employed by Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then moved to Birmingham, Michigan, where he founded Bawden Kerr Associates, suppliers to the automotive industry. He was a 50-year member of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Detroit. Pursuing his wife’s interests in restoring old houses, he founded Birmingham Historical Society and became its first president. He enjoyed all sports, especially sailing and skiing. He served as a national research program development screener and as a class agent from 1984 to 1989. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.