What is Charles Arthur Bowsher?
{{imageframe|width=274|align=right|content= [[File:Charles Arthur Bowsher illustration, 1988.png|274px]]<br/>[[File:Charles Arthur Bowsher signature, 1988.png|218px]]|caption=Illustrated portrait and signature from a 1988 issue of ''[[GAO Journal]]'' magazine.}} '''Charles Arthur Bowsher''' (May 30, 1931 – September 30, 2022) was an American politician and businessman. He was the 6th [[Comptroller General of the United States]] from 1981 to 1996. He was born in [[Elkhart, Indiana]]. Raised in [[Chicago]], Bowsher studied at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] and at the [[University of Chicago]]. He was in the [[United States Army]] from 1950 to 1952 during the [[Korean War]]. In 1956, he worked as an accountant and as a key business figure for [[Arthur Andersen|Arthur Andersen & Co.]]. From 1967 to 1971, he was [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)]] during the [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] presidency.<ref name=con>{{cite web|url=http://www.concordcoalition.org/about-us/board-directors|work=Concord Coalition|title=About Us|access-date=2010-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731120453/http://www.concordcoalition.org/about-us/board-directors|archive-date=2010-07-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bowsher was nominated by President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981 and was Comptroller General for 15 years from 1981 to 1996. During that period, he led the [[Government Accountability Office]] during the [[Savings and Loan Crisis|savings and loan crisis]] and other major issues. With a term limit of fifteen years, Bowsher worked for the Reagan, [[George H. W. Bush|Bush Sr.]] and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] presidencies. In 1996, Bowsher was added to the [[Accounting Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/the-accounting-hall-of-fame/membership-in-hall/|work=Ohio State University Fisher College of Business|title=Membership, Accounting Hall of Fame|access-date=September 30, 2010|archive-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.