Bowling, James Chandler
(PM; TI, Corporate Affairs Director & VP; Board of Dir.) Vice President and Director of Sales at Philip Morris from 1967 to 1976. He was Senior Vice President of PM from 1977 to 1984 and on the Board of Directors from 1971 to 1984. Also worked for the Tobacco Institute. Attempted to improve the image of smoking in the face of negative health news.Public relations. Attempted to improve the image of smoking in the face of negative health news.J.C. Bowling was Vice President of Sales and Corporate Relations for Philip Morris, Inc. from 1965 to 1966. He was Vice President and Director of Sales from 1967 to 1976. He was Senior Vice President from 1977 to 1984 and on the Board of Directors from 1971 to 1984. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996 and the Philip Morris Summary) Mr. Bowling gave a deposition for the Cipollone v. Liggett, et al case that was 601 pgs with 70 exhibits on December 17-20, 1984. (PMI's Revised Initial Disclosure, June 27, 1996) He served as a PR Committee Chairman for the Tobacco Institute, Inc. from 1960 to 1964. He served on the Communications Committee for TII from 1970 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1980. He served on the Budget Committee for TII in 1974. He was Communications Committee Chairman for TII from 1976 to 1978. He served on the Executive Committee of TII from 1981 to 1984 and he was Chairman of the TII Executive Search Committee in 1983. (UCSF B&W, 1012.01) J.C. Bowling is the former Philip Morris director. He was told that CTR would either exonerate the tobacco industry or, if involved in causing cancer, would identify the ingredients so that they could be taken out (WSJ 2/11/93). Bowling was involved in a Barclay deal. (Source: Multi-State Deposition Team - Identified Individuals May 9, 1997)