Tony Bowe Asks Bill Bowe about His Career as a General Counsel
Becoming a General Counsel Editor's Note: In this last of the series of interviews by my cousin Tony Bowe, he asked me how and when I shifted my career as a lawyer from private practice to serving in successive [...]
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.
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.
Walsh & Ostermeier Families
Walsh and Ostermeier Families Editor's Note: My wife, Catherine Vanselow Bowe's father was Harold Vanselow, Sr. His sister, Eileen Vanselow, married Frederick Ostermeier, Sr. Their son and daughter, Fred, Jr. and Judy Ostermeier, both raised families in the Springfield, [...]
25 The Gwinn Sisters (Bowe, Casey, Danielak & Riboud)
25 The Gwinn Sisters (Bowe, Casey, Danielak & Riboud) We’re in the home stretch now folks, as we follow the Gwinn sisters into the Casey, Bowe and Riboud families. You see my mother Mary and the four Gwinn [...]
2021-07 The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families
The Bowe, Thompson & De Rosa Families In the center of this slide you see Mabel’s daughter Julia Lecour. Julia married my uncle, Augustine Bowe in 1927. Gus, as he was known, was Julia’s cousin once removed, being [...]
1991 Nancy Gwinn Riboud (1911-1991)
1991 Nancy Gwinn Riboud (1911-1991) Editor's Note: Nancy Gwinn, my mother's sister, married Jacques Riboud in 1933, nine years before I was born. Though she and Jacques raised their five children in France, I remember meeting the Riboud family [...]
1991 The Caseys and Bowes at the Races, Westmoor School Field Day, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
1991 The Caseys and Bowes at the Races, Westcott School Field Day, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois Editor's Note: In May, 1991, Andy Bowe was in a track race at the Westcott School Field Day. In the [...]
1990 Dinner at the Caseys and the Old Sleep Trick, 2212 Chestnut Street, Northbrook, Illinois
1990 Dinner at the Caseys and the Old Sleep Trick, 2212 Chestnut Street, Northbrook, Illinois Editor's Note: In March, 1990, Cathy, Andy Pat and I joined Ann, Ted, Kevin and Emily for dinner at their house. After Ted's [...]