"He taught me everything I know," Ed Weiss, C&W vice chairman, tells GlobeSt.com. The pair worked together for nearly three decades. "He was a tough negotiator and very perceptive in business and nuances." Weiss, a top broker in his own right, largely attributes his success to Dowling. "He was a brilliant broker who understood that clients come first." A statement from Cushman called Dowling, "a real estate visionary who helped shape the skylines of America's cities."
During his tenure with Cushman, Dowling, who was the firm's top producing broker 16 times in 20 years, worked with such Fortune 500 companies as General Electric, GTE, IBM, MCI, and Texaco. Even after his retirement, Dowling continued business dealings with C&W as founder and president of Dowling & Co.
A 1959 graduate of Tufts University, Dowling served as director of its Development Corp., a subsidiary company formed to develop real estate in Boston's financial district at South Station. He contributed his knowledge of the real estate world to help secure a development partner for the project and in 1997 he was elected to the Tufts University Board of Trustees.
Weiss notes that Dowling had many interests ranging from cooking and hunting to taking care of bees. He also described Dowling as a voracious reader and active in a number of charities. Dowling volunteered time and resources to many organizations including the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York; the Cardinal's Committee for the Laity in New York; Harvard University, Committee on University Resources; the Archdiocese of New York, and the Graduate School of the New School for Social Research.
Dowling's professional associations included membership in the Urban Land Institute, the Real Estate Board of New York and the Committee on University Resources of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. Dowling served in the 7th Regiment of the US Army National Guard and was also a member of University Club, the Anglers' Club of New York, Pequot Yacht Club, Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club, and the Links Club.
Born in Scarsdale, NY, he is survived by his wife, Hebe Sanders Dowling, their three children, Meaghan Dowling Chorske, of San Francisco; John Waterhouse Dowling, and Peter Sanders Dowling, both of New York City, and one grandchild, John Sanders Chorske, of San Francisco.
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