Riots & Rockets: Bernardine Dohrn
Return to Riots & Rockets Bernardine Dohrn Editor's Note: Bernardine Dohrn's remarks were made on April 29, 2022, at the first of two dinners associated with the University of Chicago Law School's Class of 1967's 55th Reunion. Following [...]
Riots & Rockets: A Half Century of Ballistic Missile & Satellite Defense
Bill Bowe, a former President of The Cliff Dwellers and Executive Vice President of Encyclopaedia Britannica, begins with a lighthearted look at a subject he’s been following since the 1950’s. Though hard to believe today, Nike missiles with nuclear warheads were once ready to be launched from 22 sites around Chicago, including Belmont Harbor and Jackson Park on the lakefront.
Kwajalein Atoll and the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site
Kwajalein Missile Range was then the western terminus of the Pacific Missile Test Range. Today it is formally known as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site.
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FEATURED DOCUMENTS 2024-07-28 The Fantastic Life of Bill Bowe (Transcript of Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan's interview of Bill Bowe on his radio show, After Hours with Rick Kogan, WGN-720 AM) 2021-05-02 Hamlin Garland - "Veritist" Writer of [...]
The 55th Reunion of the Law School Class of 1967: The Later Years
The 55th Reunion of the Law School Class of 1967: The Later Years Editor's Note: In this four-minute video we again see members of the University of Chicago's Class of 1967. As usual, they're enjoying each other's company. [...]
The 55th Reunion of the Law School Class of 1967: The Early Years
The 55th Reunion of the Law School Class of 1967: The Early Years Editor's Note: This three-minute video collects pictures of members of the University of Chicago Law School as they graduated in 1967, later met at several [...]
Fake News at the 115th Annual Meeting
Fake News at the 115th Annual Members' Meeting Editor's Note: On January 10, 2022, during the Omicron stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Cliff Dwellers held its first ever "hybrid" Annual Members' Meeting. For the first time in a [...]
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Remarks, Reports, Clippings & Correspondence 2023-02-06 Rockets & Riots - Army Days (1968-1971) (William J. Bowe, Jr. Looks Back at a Tumultuous Time) 2021-05-02 Hamlin Garland - "Veritist" Writer of the Middle Borders by Laura Ferri (Introduction [...]
