John McEntee Bowman (1875-1931) was an Canadian-born businessman and an American hotelier and horseman who was the founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.. Born in Toronto, Ontario, John Bowman began his American working life in a men's clothing store in Yonkers but learned the hotel business at New York City's Holland House Hotel. Wikipedia
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