Deirdre McCloskey at The Cliff Dwellers
Deirdre McCloskey At The Cliff Dwellers Editor's Note: Deirdre McCloskey’s engagement with the The Cliff Dwellers over the last 20 years has been a deep one. She has given talks, served on the board of directors, and most [...]
A Farewell to Deirdre McCloskey
A Farewell to Deirdre McCloskey Editor's Note: As the New Year rolled in, Deirdre McCloskey, 20 years a Cliff Dweller, prepared to move to Washington, D.C. to join the staff of the Cato Institute. Her fellow members were [...]
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.
Don Rose
Don Rose 2022 Don Rose at Nick Farina Memorial During the Singer campaign in 1974-1975, I had met Don Rose, a longtime anti-machine and civil rights activist. Later, in 1979, I briefly sought his advice as [...]
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 [...]
United Press International – Before the Deluge
United Press International - Before the Deluge On the Way to UPI After I left Bradford in 1983, I briefly settled back into the practice of law. Joining several of my former Roan & [...]
Becoming a General Counsel
Recruitment as a General Counsel Roan & Grossman had grown modestly in the 1970s. I was made a partner sooner than many of my law school peers in large law firms, notwithstanding my three- year [...]
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 [...]