CRZY MRY

A Leadership Biography of Mary Louise Bowen

Crzy Mry & Nrml Dale

● Community service organization originally created for business networking for men in 1915

● In 1919 focused on business men to be involved in and give back to their communities - Service

● 1987 Women could Join Kiwanis

Kiwanis

Asia-Pacific● Australia● Malaysia● Philippine Luzon● Philippine South● Taiwan● Japan● New Zealand-South Pacific● Korea

Asia-Pacific & Europe

Europe● Austria● Belgium-Luxembourg● Czech Republic & Slovakia● France-Monaco● Germany● Iceland-Faroes● Italy-San Marino● Netherlands● Norden● Poland● Switzerland-Liechtenstein

USA & Canada

Kiwanis Family

Kiwanis● Aktion Club - Adults with Disabilities ● Circle K - College/University● KEY Club - High School● Builders Club - Middle School● K Kids - Elementary School

● Birthday: September 29th, 1937● First woman to join Kiwanis in Fridley, MN● Started KEY Club in Fridley

o Still the Kiwanis advisoro One of the most successful clubs in KEY Club

International● District Assistant Administrator for Minn-

Dak District

Mary Bowen

Mary Bowen as a Leader

● Transformational Leadero Mary’s Role is to help high school students

become (better) leaderso Mary finds the leadership qualities in students

and helps them build on those while focusing on community service, or better yet, service learning

o She is full of motivation and keeps kids energized and interested in projects and events

Mary Bowen as a Leader

● Mary is humble and will take little credit for helping students succeed

● She does take pride in all of the events she has lead

● She knows she is worthy of all the awards she has received but is honored and humble when speaking of them

● Minn-Dak KEY Club has an award named after her - Crzy Mry Creativity in Leadership

Mary as Leader to Me