Guest Speakers

Presidential Guest Speaker
J. Richard Bowen, MD

EOA is pleased to announce that James Richard Bowen, MD is the 2017 Presidential Guest Speaker.  Dr. Bowen, is a Nemours Professor of Orthopaedic Education and Research and a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.  He also serves as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at both Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.  He served as the Surgeon in Chief and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1984-2005.  

Dr. Bowen is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina, where he also completed his training in general surgery.  He completed a residency program in orthopaedics at Albany Medical Center Hospital in New York and in pediatric orthopaedics at the duPont Hospital for Children.  Dr. Bowen also served in the military as Major, USA., MEDDAC, Fort Bragg Womack Army Hospital for two years.  He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.  His clinical interests include scoliosis, hip disorders and growth discrepancies.

Howard Steel Lecturer
Dick Yuengling Jr.

EOA is pleased to have Dick Yuengling deliver the 2017 Howard Steel Lecture. Mr. Yuengling was born and raised in Pottsville, PA. He graduated from Pottsville High School in 1961 and attended Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA for one year, longing to become involved full time at the family brewery. During high school and college, Dick spent his summers in various jobs throughout the plant. He served six years (from the late 1960’s to early 1970’s) in the Pennsylvania National Guard.  

Dick worked at the plant until 1973 and then bought his own beer distributorship in Schuylkill County.  In 1985, Dick bought the company from his father who had become ill.  At that time, the brewery was selling 137,000 barrels of beer. Dick made the decision to bring in an outside sales and marketing manager to stimulate the company’s growth. He committed to making the necessary to investments in his brewery and do what it took to survive and grow his company.

Since those early days, the brewery has grown twenty times in size, reaching a milestone of over 2.7 million barrels and this year, celebrating its 188th Anniversary. With distribution now in 20 states, the brewery currently markets seven products year round, plus three seasonal beers.  

Dick resides in Pottsville and is deeply involved in his hometown. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the local volunteer fire departments, and the Pottsville Lions Club.  Dick has also served on the Board of Directors for Keystone Financial Corporation as well as the Pottsville Hospital. He is an active member of the Pennsylvania Brewers Association and the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Dick’s four daughters are Wendy, Jennifer, Debbie and Sheryl. They work full-time at the brewery to ensure the Yuengling remains a family business for generations to come.