The Riots & Rockets Book Launch At The Cliff Dwellers
On March 22, 2024, family and friends, and a host of Members of The Cliff Dwellers, gathered at the Club to celebrate the publication on Amazon of Riots & Rockets, William J. Bowe's memoir of his Army days during the riotous 1960s and '70s, Chicago politics in the 1970s, and his lawyering life dealing with collectors' plates and foundations, the newswire service United Press International, and Encyclopaedia Britannica in the Digital Age.
William John Bowe, Sr.
William John Bowe, Sr. 1970 William John Bowe, Sr. – His Early Life & Law Practice, Recalled in The Families Early Life and Schooling In The Families, Mary Gwinn Bowe wrote about her husband’s early life: William John (Patrick) Bowe [...]
How Bill Bowe, Sr. Met and Married Mary Gwinn
How Bill Bowe, Sr. Met Mary Gwinn Editor's Note: In this part of Tony Bowe's conversation, he asks Bill Bowe how his parents met. In answering Bill talks about the relationship between his mother, Mary Gwinn Bowe, [...]
Bill Bowe, Sr. Is Injured in France in World War II
Bill Bowe, Sr. Is Injured in France in World War I Editor's Note: Bill Bowe's father had joined the Illinois National Guard when he graduated in 1915 from Loyola University Law School in Chicago. When President Woodrow Wilson [...]
Bill Bowe, Jr. Talks about His Father, William John Bowe, Sr.
Bill Bowe, Jr. Talks about His Father, William John Bowe, Sr. Editor's Note: In this conversation, Bill Bowe, Jr. discusses his father's career, together with aspects of his early and later life.
Olivia Riboud on Her Riboud and Gwinn Parents and Grandparents
In the spring of 2023, Olivia Cosgrave Riboud discussed her family history with her first cousin Bill Bowe.
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 [...]
2021-06 Mabel Canavan & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe)
Mabel Canavan Lecour & Edward Lecour (Julia Lecour Bowe) In 1900, Mabel Canavan moved from Michigan back to Kankakee County, where her father had grown up. There she married Edward Lecour. Edward’s family was of French extraction and [...]
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 [...]
