General
Dinsmore
John Bowman
12/11/95
Virginia Beach, VA
3/27/45
male
White Protestant
1962-1969
1966
yes
1969
LLB
Hometown
Virginia Beach, VA
100,000-500,000
suburban
You and Your Family
deceased army officer
secretary
yes
private
Norfolk Academy
Norfolk, VA
no
yes
Mother - Agnes Scott. Father - U. of Chicago.
yes
U.Va. Law
no
Had two uncles who attended in 1920s and 1930s
Yes
Married as a law student. Mary Washington student whose roommate married one of my fraternity brothers.
Academics
visited.
Academics, Echols Scholar Program, cost, parties and William Faulkner (in that order).
English
What I liked best
2 hours
none
Extremely stimulating. The English Dept. had as a good a faculty then as any place in the country. I regarded my classroom experiences almost as a daily adventure.
Douglas Day, George Garrett and Joe Blotner. Day because I lived his somewhat irreverent approach to things and the fact that I wanted to work in his classes (2 "A"s). Garrett was the best entertainment in four years. Blotner for the subject matter (Faulkner, Conrad).
Dean Runk for his handling of the odd scrapes my fraternity got in.
Superb faculty and teaching.
Residential Life
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
In lime for room assignments at 4:00 a.m. Applications were competitive.
location. Remember late afternoon cocktails w/ other students, people like Cecil Garlick (French prof. and friend of my uncle's), Conrad Warlick (admissions) etc. Fireplace. Atmosphere generally.
Bathroom location and temperature.
fraternity house.
yes
60 and 63 Plymouth Valiant
yes
yes
always included
Sigma Phi house and the Lawn.
same.
Non-Academic Time
fraternity activities. Road trips.
Bill Little of German Department -- landlord for 2 years.
WTJU - FM - announcer, supervisor. IFC - Sigma Phi representative. Sigma Phi Society - secretary, social chairman German Club. UVM - staff writer. Defended two cases before Honor Committee. Editorial Bd. - Va. Journal of International Lawn. International Lawn Moot Court - member - chairman of regional competition - contestant.
no
no
Admission of women, size of University
Viet Nam War
Viet Nam War
Charlottesville
Smaller; few, if any franchise restaurants. The Corner is essentially the same. John Tuck's Gaslight restaurant in the Albemarle Hotel.
yes
Had off grounds jobs (Gallery Court motel, Boars Head Inn).
Most Vivid Memory
Fraternity parties, football games, gingko trees on Rugby Rd., almost dying from running my motorcycle into a car running a stop sign at Carr's Hill and Rugby Rds. Sunday of Easters week-end, illegally entertaining my date in my room on the Lawn (a not uncommon practice), Sunday polo games, George Garrett's lectures, fraternity initiations, Sunday parties in the Quadrangle, two years of Navy ROTC>