Interview with Abraham Bowling, June 13, 1979
Project: University of Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Judge Abraham Bowling is a 1948 graduate of the University of Kentucky Law School. He enrolled at UK in March of 1946 after five years in the Army. Bowling had two years pre-law from Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky before entering UK. He states that his first impression of the campus was that it was one of the most beautiful campuses he had seen. He was also very impressed with the instructors. He lists Roy Moreland, Paul Oberst and Dean Alvin E. Evans as his favorite professors.Bowling states that the law school was generally conservative. There were no female professors and only two women in the law school. Bowling mentions Dorothy Salmon, the librarian of the law school, who was also a lawyer. Bowling remembers that the law school was a bit overcrowded at that time, but that it only got more crowded as men took full advantage of the G.I. Bill. Since graduating, Bowling has kept an active interest in UK. He explains that he is a member of the Denver Alumni Association, which is one of the strongest in the country. He states that he believes that alumni stay active with their university.
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College attendance College environment College facilities. College students--Attitudes. College students--Economic conditions College students--Social conditions College teachers--Rating of. College teachers--Social conditions Kentucky Wildcats (Basketball team) Sex discrimination in higher education. Universities and colleges--Administration. Universities and colleges--Faculty. Universities and colleges--Finance University of Kentucky. Libraries Women in higher education.Interview Rights
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Bowling, Abraham Interview by William Cooper. 13 Jun. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bowling, A. (1979, June 13). Interview by W. Cooper. University of Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Bowling, Abraham, interview by William Cooper. June 13, 1979, University of Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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