Thomas J. Lowry III graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in 1972 with a B. A. degree in English. A member of the varsity swim team at Carleton, he received Carleton’s highest award for outstanding swimmer.
Mr. Lowry graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1973 and served in the Navy from 1973 to 1976. Following his military service, he attended the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, earning a J. D. degree in 1981.
Mr. Lowry began his bicycle journey around America in 2012 at the age of 62. He ended his bicycle journey in 2022 at the age of 72 in order to found Bicycle Joy, an organization dedicated to providing inspiration and helpful information to bicycle tourists.