Michael Joseph Bowers, born on October 7, 1941, in Commerce, Georgia, is an American lawyer and politician. He began his distinguished career after graduating from the United States Military Academy with a B.S.
degree in 1963. Bowers served in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1970, during which time he also earned an M.S.
degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1965 and an M.B.A.
from the University of Utah in 1970.