Bowser played his college career at Duke University, setting the school's single season and career sacks record at 17.5 and 22, respectively.
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He declined to run in the 1978 gubernatorial election but won the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1979, defeating runner-up Charles Bowser, former deputy mayor.