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Meet the Executives Mary E. BowlerSecretary of the Company and Corporate Counsel


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Mary E. Bowler is secretary of the company and corporate counsel. Ms. Bowler joined DuPont in 1981 as an attorney in the company's Legal Department.

From 1981 through 1986, Ms. Bowler served in a number of commercial law assignments, counseling the company's purchasing function and several business units. In 1987, she transferred to the External Affairs Department and was appointed area manager, state government affairs. In this role, Ms. Bowler represented the company in Dover, Del., and other eastern state capitals. In 1988, she rejoined the Legal Department in the labor and benefits area, providing legal services to the human resources function. In 1990, Ms. Bowler transferred to the general legal division where she served as counsel to the Textile Fibers Department. She was promoted to senior counsel in 1991.

In 1992, Ms. Bowler rejoined the labor and benefits group, representing the company in arbitration proceedings and before the National Labor Relations Board. In 1995, she transferred to the corporate, securities and tax group and was named an assistant secretary of the company. She became the group's practice leader in 1998 and was promoted to corporate counsel in 1999. She was appointed to her current position in June 2004.

Ms. Bowler is active in a variety of educational, community and philanthropic organizations. She is a member of the Board and immediate past president of the Cornell Association of Class Officers, a member of the Cornell University Council, and a member of the Board of Friends of Brandywine Hundred Library.  She is a former member and vice president of the Board of the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware and remains involved with RMHDE initiatives.

Ms. Bowler is a graduate of Cornell University, and Boston University School of Law, where she was managing editor of The American Journal of Law and Medicine . She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

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