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 [...]
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 [...]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker Comes to Call
As an empty nester living in a cul-de-sac of eight houses in Northbrook, IL, I was hard at work minding my own business Saturday morning. I was reading the newspaper on my living room sofa when Cathy answered a knock on our front door. When her short conversation finished, I asked her who it was. She said the Governor was nearby and would be knocking on our door shortly.