A 1969 graduate of Le Mars Community High School has been named the LCSD 2026 Distinguished Alumni. The Le Mars Community School District Alumni Association and Foundation boards have announced that Dr. Dan Bowers will be honored with this award at the foundation’s annual banquet on April 15th.
Dr. Bowers graduated from Stanford University in 1973 and earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1977. His residency in family practice was completed at the University of Minnesota in 1980. He joined a small family practice in Como Park, Minnesota and continued to teach at the University of Minnesota Medical School. During that time, he began seeing and treating those affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In 1989, he moved to California and joined the Pacific Oaks Medical Group, the largest private practice in the country specializing in HIV.
Dr. Bowers moved to New York City in 2005, working in a private medical clinic and later joining the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. Bowers has a love for singing which started in his high school days in Le Mars.
He continues to perform with the Choral Society of Grace Church, a 175-voice ensemble. He told KLEM that he was surprised to hear the news of the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Bowers and his husband have a son and live in New York City. He retired in 2022.
