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Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur who began his career as a writer and later co-founded Starbucks with Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. He was later a co-owner of Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery .
Friends since their University of San Francisco days, Gerald Baldwin, a former English teacher, Gordon Bowker, a writer, and Zev Siegl, a history teacher, were three 20-somethings who were passionate about the arts, fine food, good wine and, of course, great coffee.
Gordon Bowker was born in Oakland, California, and was just three months old when his father, Gordon Albert Bowker (1918-1943) died serving in World War II. His submarine sank in the straits of St. George off Papua, New Guinea; the ship and crew were never found.
Gordon Bowker (1934 – 14 January 2019) was an English journalist and academic who wrote biographies of Malcolm Lowry, Lawrence Durrell, George Orwell and James Joyce. Life and works. Bowker grew up in a Birmingham devastated by bombing during the Second World War, where he attended grammar school at King Edward VI Camp Hill.
Mar 9, 2008 · Gordon Bowker tires of telling the story about how Starbucks — the coffee store and the name — was his idea. Besides not wanting to take all the credit, Bowker has moved on. After co-founding...
Dec 12, 2017 · Gordon Bowker had grown up in Seattle, enrolled at the University of San Francisco, dropped out. He bummed around Europe, where he acquired a taste for English beer. The year was 1962...
First, great coffee. Second, the Siren. So who is this memorable maiden, who’s been with us, in various forms, since our inception? She’s the brainchild of Terry Heckler, a corporate artist and the one-time creative partner of Gordon Bowker, one of the founders of Starbucks.
His name is Gordon Bowker. He is the creator of two iconic Seattle brands—Starbucks and Red Hook—but, modest and shy, he shuns the spotlight. The Starbucks story begins with a defining...
Jun 13, 2012 · Gordon Bowker’s ‘James Joyce’: Portrait of the author as a man. By Michael Dirda. June 13, 2012 at 7:09 p.m. EDT. On Saturday, June 16, devotees of James Joyce will be celebrating Bloomsday.
May 26, 2011 · Gordon Bowker is the acclaimed author of a biography of Malcolm Lowry, (author of UNDER THE VOLCANO), entitled PURSUED BY FURIES and an excellent biography of George Orwell. He...
