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Alfred Connor Bowman

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Alfred Connor Bowman
Born(1904-12-18)December 18, 1904
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedAugust 2, 1982(1982-08-02) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
Alma materUniversity of Michigan Law School

Alfred Connor Bowman (December 18, 1904 – August 2, 1982) was an American lawyer and military leader who was a key figure in the Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories after World War II, especially the areas of Venezia Giulia and Trieste. He also helped develop plans for military occupation of North Korea in 1950 while serving as chief of the army's Military Government Division.

Life and career

Bowman was born in Detroit. He received his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He practiced law during the 1930s as the house counsel for a corporation, then served as deputy city attorney of Los Angeles.

During World War II he served in the United States Army, where he administered government in occupied Italy. Bowman advocated a preference for using Italian and Italian place names while in Trieste despite the diversity and 'melting pot' nature of the city. He is the author of Zones of Strain: A Memoir of the Early Cold War, a memoir about his work in Trieste.[1] Bowman died in Los Angeles in 1982.

Bibliography

Bowman, Alfred Connor. Zones Of Strain: A Memoir Of The Early Cold War. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1982. ISBN 9780817977313

References

  1. ^ Bowman, Alfred Connor (1982). Zones of Strain: A Memoir of the Early Cold War. Hoover Press, ISBN 9780817977313