Ann Bowers

Ann Schmeltz Bowers (born November 1937) was the first vice president of human resources at Apple Computer.
==Education==
Bowers received a B.A. in english and psychology from in 1959.Ann Bowers, LinkedIn. Accessed 2020-06-28. She has an honorary Ph.D. from the .
==Career==
Bowers worked at Intel from January 1970 to 1976, where she became the first Director of Personnel. She married Intel co-founder and integrated circuit co-inventor on November 27, 1974.Class notes 1950-1959, Cornell Alumni Magazine. 2007-09/10. Archived 2008-10-13.
===Apple Computer===
Bowers joined Apple Computer in February 1980 as employee #1111.I don't have my badge anymore, but there's a picture of it in this old Apple ad (lower right). by Scott Knaster, Twitter. 2016-08-23. When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was looking for a mentor, Bowers introduced him to her husband.Widow speaks about Bob Noyce, telling the human side of the mayor of Silicon Valley by Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat. 2013-02-04.
===After Apple===
After her husband died in 1990, Bowers became the founding trustee of the Noyce Foundation and has since retired.About Us, Noyce Foundation. Archived 2009-07-14.
==References==
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
==External links==
*Ann Bowers at the The Noyce Foundation, National Center for Family Philanthropy
*Ann S. Bowers at SourceWatch
===Articles===
*Inc.'s October 1981 Cover Story: Steve Jobs, the Man Who Changed Business Forever by Steve Ditlea, Inc. 1981-10.
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