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 [...]
Writings & Clippings
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 [...]
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden Editor's Note: Sunday brought the Reunion crowd another gorgeous, sunny day. The Buehler Enabling Garden was exclusively set aside for the Canavan Reunion group, as was our exclusive tram tour of the Garden's 385 acres. [...]
Augustine J. Bowe Obituary
Augustine J. Bowe Obituary (law-lit.net) Strangers to Us All Lawyers and Poetry Augustine Joseph Bowe (1892-1966) Chicago Lawyers and Literature James R. Elkins College of Law || West Virginia University http://lawlit.net/ http://lawlit.net/lp-2001/bowe.html I began law teaching at DePaul [...]
A Nickel Tour: Encyclopaedia Britannica at the Reid Murdoch Building
A Nickel Tour: Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Reid Murdoch Building Editor's Note: As Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Encyclopaedia Britannica, I was on the team that helped select and design its new global headquarters in 2005. [...]
The Impossible Dream: The Movie
Listen to the ill chosen words that sank The Impossible Dream faster than the Titanic.
Architectural Boat Tour: The Movie
Architectural Boat Tour: The Movie Editor's Note: The first event of the Canavan Family Reunion in 2021 was an exclusive Chicago River tour with a docent with the Chicago Architectural Foundation as our guide. The group assembled early at [...]
6 The Canavans Abandon Ship
The Canavan related crowd abandoned ship in good order and surprisingly quickly. The rapidity of their departure was driven no doubt by the desire not to miss a minute of the approaching cocktail hour at The Cliff Dwellers.