Honorable Judge Paul E. Fowler Kiwanis Scholarship

Each year’s Kiwanis scholarship applicants who receive the highest scores are awarded the Honorable Judge Paul E. Fowler Kiwanis Scholarship. These scholarships are made possible through the generosity of Judge Fowler’s daughter, Jennifer Perry, and her husband, Steve. The judge’s son, Dave Fowler, is also a member of our club.

Judge Paul E. Fowler was a Kiwanian for many years. A native of Portsmouth, he attended Portsmouth High School, and he was a graduate of The Ohio State University with a BS in Business Administration and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence. He served in the U.S. Army in Headquarters Battery 447 AAA-AW-BN and continued in the Army Reserves until the 1960s.

Judge Fowler became a member of the Ohio Bar in 1952 and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1955. He was State Representative of the Ohio General Assembly from 1948 to 1952 and was Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio from 1957-1958. He served as an elected Judge of Probate and Juvenile Courts in Scioto County from 1960-1972.

Judge Fowler believed that educating our youth was critical. He served on the faculty at Scioto Technical College, Shawnee State University and the Ohio University while maintaining his private law practice in Portsmouth.

He was past president of the National Judges Association, past Worthy Patron of Eastern Star, Mason, and Board member of Southeastern Ohio Legal Aid Society. He was a member of the Ohio Judges Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Portsmouth Bar Association and Law Library Association, American Judicature Society, Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth, Farm Bureau Association, American Legion in Portsmouth and Sciotoville, and a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Portsmouth.