Admiral Skip Bowman, USN is Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command

Admiral Skip Bowman, USN is Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command. In addition to this current assignment, Admiral Bowman also serves as Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. Prior to these assignments, he served as Chief of Naval Personnel from 1994 to 1996, as director for Political-Military Affairs from 1992-1994, and as Deputy Director of Operations on the Joint Staff from 1991 to 1992. His early assignments included tours in USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641), USS Pogy (SSN 647), USS Daniel Boone (SSBN 629), and USS Bremerton (SSN 698). Additionally, Admiral Bowman commanded the USS City Of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) and the USS Holland (AS 32). Under his command, his crews have earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation (three awards), the Navy Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon (five awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal (two awards), the Humanitarian Service Medal (two awards), the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (three awards), and the Navy Arctic Service Ribbon. His personal awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with three gold stars), and the Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite from the Government of France. He was commissioned following graduation in 1966 from Duke University. In 1973 he completed a dual master's program in nuclear engineering and naval architecture/marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was elected to the Society of Sigma Xi. Adm. Bowman has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Duke University. Admiral Bowman serves on two visiting committees at MIT (Ocean Engineering and Nuclear Engineering), the Engineering Board of Visitors at Duke University, and the Nuclear Engineering Department Advisory Committee at the University of Tennessee.