Alumni Profiles

Bowman is pictured (center) with physical therapists Joe Black (left), president of the Tennessee chapter of the APTA, and Skip Hunter, co-owner of Clemson Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.Larry S. Bowman M ’71

Summer 2006

Bioengineering graduate Larry Bowman, founder of Blue Ridge Orthopaedics in Seneca, recently received the Jack C. Hughston Physician of the Year Award. The Sports Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) gives this award annually to acknowledge and honor a physician who has made a distinguished contribution to the specialty of sports physical therapy.

Bowman, an orthopaedic surgeon, exemplifies devotion and support to local athletes at the high school and collegiate levels. He serves as the orthopaedic team physician for Clemson and volunteers his time as the team physician for Pickens High School.

His practice also provides orthopaedic coverage for Southern Wesleyan University and Anderson University, as well as most high schools in Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties. Bowman is an adjunct professor in Clemson’s bioengineering department and assistant professor in MUSC’s family medicine department.

Bowman is pictured (center) with physical therapists Joe Black (left), president of the Tennessee chapter of the APTA, and Skip Hunter, co-owner of Clemson Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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