Background
Bowe, Augustine J. was born on February 26, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Ellen (Canavan) Bowe.
Bowe, Augustine J. was born on February 26, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Ellen (Canavan) Bowe.
Bachelor of Arts, Loyola University, Chicago, 1910, Master of Arts, 1912, Bachelor of Laws, 1913.
Admitted to Illinois bar 1913. Practiced in Chicago, specializing trial and appeal law, 1913-1960. Presiding judge 1st Municipal Division, Circuit Court, Cook County.
Chairman of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, 1948-1960, also Chicago Commission Architectural Landmarks.
Chairman citizens board Loyola University.
Member American, Illinois, Chicago (president 1955-1956) bar associations, Modern Poetry Association (president), Prisoners Welfare Association.
Married Julia Lecour, February 12, 1927. Children: John Julie (Mistress Willard O. Thompson).