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.
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 & Grossman partners as Of Counsel, I worked in a LaSalle Street [...]
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.
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 [...]
