George Temple Bowdoin (1898-1967)
of New York City & Oyster Bay, Long Island; 1st Mayor of Oyster Bay Cove
He was born in New York City and was educated at the Browning and Groton Schools. During WWI, he enlisted in the army (November, 1917) and was transferred to Army Signal Corps Aviation with which he served with distinction as a pilot for the remaining year of the war. Returning to the States, he worked for the Bankers Trust Company until 1926 when he was invited to become a partner in the private banking firm of Winslow, Lanier & Co. In 1930, after the Crash, the company withdrew from business and Bowdoin took charge of its lengthy liquidation. He retired from finance, but maintained an office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to conduct family business.
He was Mayor Oyster Bay (1931-1942), Chairman of the New York Hospital, a trustee of the Children's Aid Society, and on the Board of Nassau Hospital, Mineola, L.I. He was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Treasurer of the New York Yacht Club, and a member of the syndicate that built the Constellation, winner of the America's Cup yacht race of 1964. He belonged to the New York Yacht, Piping Rock, Long Point (Canada), Jupiter Island, Seawanhaka, and Brook Clubs - holding life membership in the last two. He inherited "Netherwood" (see images) at New Hamburg, New York (acquired by his uncle Irving Grinnell in 1863), which he gifted shortly before his death to the Children's Aid Society for use as a farm school and camp for under-developed children. He was married twice and had three daughters: Mrs. Russell E. Train of Washington, Mrs. Josiah A. Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Mrs. Albert L. Key of Locust Valley, L.I.
He was Mayor Oyster Bay (1931-1942), Chairman of the New York Hospital, a trustee of the Children's Aid Society, and on the Board of Nassau Hospital, Mineola, L.I. He was Commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Treasurer of the New York Yacht Club, and a member of the syndicate that built the Constellation, winner of the America's Cup yacht race of 1964. He belonged to the New York Yacht, Piping Rock, Long Point (Canada), Jupiter Island, Seawanhaka, and Brook Clubs - holding life membership in the last two. He inherited "Netherwood" (see images) at New Hamburg, New York (acquired by his uncle Irving Grinnell in 1863), which he gifted shortly before his death to the Children's Aid Society for use as a farm school and camp for under-developed children. He was married twice and had three daughters: Mrs. Russell E. Train of Washington, Mrs. Josiah A. Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Mrs. Albert L. Key of Locust Valley, L.I.
