Mary Gwinn Bowe and The 1960 Kennedy Presidential Campaign
Editor's Note: In 1960, John F. Kennedy was running for President. After a September campaign event in our apartment living room with Ethel and Joan Kennedy, the wives of his JFK's brothers Robert and Edward Kennedy, my mother joins the soon-to-be-elected President at an event in his Chicago campaign office. Also attending are then Mayor Richard J. Daley, and later Mayor Jane Byrne.
A Christmas Gone to the Dogs
A Christmas Gone to the Dogs On a cold Christmas Day in 2022, Charlie and Betty helped open the presents under the tree.
7. 1120 and the Bowe, Casey, Lynch, Heffron, Parish, Skura & Riboud Families
1120 and the Bowe, Casey, Lynch, Heffron, Parish, Skura & Riboud Families Tony Bowe asks Bill Bowe to explain why the two Bowe family apartments at the corner of Elm Street and Lake Shore Drive figured so much [...]
Becoming a Lawyer
An Early Decision At about the age of 14 or so, I decided that I would become a lawyer. I would follow in the path of my namesake father and his brother Augustine Bowe. I [...]
Settling Down in Life and the Law
Settling Down in Life and the Law Ill-Fated Book Attempt Though I was discharged from the Army in May 1971, I didn’t plan to start work for Roan & Grossman (at [...]
Richard Bowe and the 1968 SDS Days of Rage in Chicago
Richard Bowe's Report on the 1968 SDS Days of Rage Violence in Chicago Editor's Note: In a March 14, 2022 interview Tony and I discussed what kind of content might later be added to the www.wbowe.com website. In [...]
Mark Hersch – Time After Time
Mark Hersch - Time After Time Editor’s Note: Mark Hersch is know for taking rare, historic photographs of Chicago and other cities and merging them with photographs he takes from the exact same vantage point in the [...]
Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE WILLIAM J. BOWE wbowe1@gmail.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 1986 - 2014, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Chicago, IL Retired as senior legal and administrative officer of multinational Internet, software and print publisher. Substantial time [...]
