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.
Mark Hersch – Time After Time
Mark Hersch - Time After Time 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 present day. 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 [...]
Jane Byrne Burned – Chicago Politics in the 1970s
An unusually prominent front page story appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Sunday, June 22,1980. It reported details of Mayor Jane Bryne’s transition team report and revealed me to be an author of part of the previously secret study, as well as the immediate source of its startling revelations.
France 2022
With the pandemic and lockdown fading fast in the rear view mirror, I proposed to my son Pat that he join me in visiting our cousins in France this summer.
Diet Troubles
Diet Troubles Though a delicate subject for me, I spoke directly about my diet troubles. [Automatically generated subtitles in both English and French can be read or turned off by clicking on the CC (Closed Captions) button on [...]
Earlier Times with the 80th Birthday Guests
Earlier Times with the 80th Birthday Guests The birthday event featured a 9-minute slideshow of the invitees in earlier years. You can take a look at these guests when they were youngin's here.
Turning 80
Turning 80 At my last birthday party, I had a chance to tell family and friends why Turning 80 was no bed of roses. [Automatically generated subtitles in both English and French can be read or turned off [...]
Fête du 80e Anniversaire de Bill Bowe (En Française)
Remarques de William J. Bowe Fête du 80e anniversaire Cliquez ici pour voir les photos de la fête Note de l'éditeur : Grâce à mes cousins Tony Bowe et Charley Bowe, et à leurs épouses Nancy [...]
