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having mentors who were thought leaders in their era and giving freely of their own expertise to the next generation of appraisers exemplify the participants in this issue's Roundtable discussion. The three: Charles B. Akerson, MAI (known as Charlie to his friends and peers); John D. Dorchester, Jr., MAI, SRA (known as Don to distinguish him from his father who was also an MAI); and Peter D. Bowes, MAI, also have something else in common: Each served as president of the Appraisal Institute. Akerson in 1978, Dorchester in 1982 and Bowes in 1983. It seemed appropriate during this anniversary year to ask these past presidents for some insights on what they perceive as differences in association membership and leadership between their era and today, as well as what inspired them, and if that same spirit of dedication has an importance today.
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Family and Other Mentors
Becoming involved in the Appraisal Institute was almost preordained for Bowes and Dorchester, since their fathers were both active members of the organization. "My father, Eugene Bowes, was active in the Appraisal Institute as I was growing up and when I went to work. My involvement was not so much a conscious decision as it was what I had always known and what I expected to do," Bowes says.
Dorchester points to the fact that he was directly involved with many of the founders of the profession when he was a boy. "Both my 1957 undergraduate degree and... |
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