 He held the A. R. Lang Emeritus Professorship at Stanford University.In addition to his research, Bower also was a notable adviser to numerous students, including John R. Anderson, Lawrence W. Barsalou, Lera Boroditsky, Keith Holyoak, Stephen Kosslyn, Alan Lesgold, Mark A. Gluck, and Robert Sternberg, among others.He was voted number 42 in the list of most notable psychologists of the 20th century, published by the "Review of General Psychology".