Jan Grayson
Jan Grayson Editor's Note: I got to know Jan Grayson when he and his friend Jon Laing were pursuing their MBA degrees at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the [...]
Jon Laing
Jon Laing Editor's Note: Jon Laing and I got an academic start to our friendship in the summer of 1953. Our mothers locked us up in Jon's Bellevue Place basement for typing lessons. I followed Jon to Yale [...]
Tony Bowe
Tony Bowe Editor's Note: Tony Bowe set the birthday party in motion, and earlier had been the first to encourage a more ambitious attempt at a website broadly of interest to my extended family. He and his wife [...]
Charley Bowe
Charley Bowe Editor's Note: Charley Bowe arranged to host the party at the Wilmette Harbor Club and he and June arranged the decorations with Tony and Nancy Bowe. Charley recalled that I was his godfather, in a good way, [...]
Pat Bowe
Pat Bowe E Editor's note : Pat Bowe was a key member of the secret cabal that tried and failed to throw a surprise party for my 80th birthday. Leaders Tony and Cathy Bowe tasked Charley Bowe with organizing [...]
Andy Bowe
Andy Bowe Travels with Dad Editor's Note: Andy Bowe chose to talk about his travels with his father at his dad's 89th birthday party: Dad ... Everyone: My Dad has done so much for me [...]
Lester Munson, Jr.
Lester Munson, Jr. Editor's Note: I first met Lester Munson in fall 1964 as we entered the Class of 1967 at the University of Chicago Law School. Fast friends ever since, his vast knowledge and expertise as a sportswriter [...]
The Full 80th Birthday Party Program
The Full 80th Birthday Party Program Click here to see the party pictures Editor's Note: Thanks to my cousins Tony Bowe and Charley Bowe, and their wives Nancy Bowe and June Bowe, I [...]
Rick Kogan – The Society of Midland Authors
Acclaimed Chicago Tribune columnist and After Hours WGN Radio host Rick Kogan chats with retired veteran NBC5 political reporter Peter Nolan, author of Campaign! The Election that Rocked Chicago. Peter covered Harold Washington extensively over the course of his long television journalism career. Campaign! transports you to that tumultuous, historic mayoral election. Join us as Rick and Peter trade memories and share their insights. This At The Cliff Dwellers event is presented by the Society of Midland Authors.