ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.




July 19, 2002


Charles W. Bowser, Esquire

President
Bowser & Weaver, P C
Bowser Law Center
Philadelphia, PA 19102



to speak at


ICAS Summer Symposium:

Korean Diaspora Challenges and Issues facing The Korean-American Community (KAC) in the New Century
Identification, Critical Examination, Goal & Vision, and Strategy


August 10 2002 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Calvary Vision Community Center Auditorium (484 342 0300)
550 Township Line Road
Blue Bell, PA 19422


Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that Charles W. Bowser, Esquire will speak at the ICAS Summer Symposium 2002 with his lecture on "The African-American Experience in America: Roles Leadership Play for the Community Development" (ICAS Lectures No 2002-0810-CWB).

CHARLES W BOWSER, ESQUIRE


PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Attorney-at-Law January 1958 to present
President, Bowser & Weaver, PC March 1990 to present
Senior Shareholder, Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott & Mannino, P.C., Attorneys-at-Law 1987- 1990
Senior Partner, Pechner, Dorfman, Wolffe, Rounick & Cabot, Attorneys-at - Law 1975 - 1987
Executive Director, Philadelphia Urban Coalition 1968 - 1975
Chair, National Association of Urban Coalition Executive Directors 1973- 1975
Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia 1967- 1969
Executive Director, Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Committee 1964 - 1967
Partner, Hazel & Bowser, Attorneys-at-Law 1958 - 1964


PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Reform,
Appointed by Governor Robert Casey,
1987-1988
Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
Appointed by Chief Justice Robert N C Nix,
1995 to present
Chairman, Federal Judicial Nominating Commission of Pennsylvania,
Appointed by United States Senators for Pennsylvania Arlen Specter and John Heinz
1982
Special Counsel, Temple University 1990
Special Counsel, Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, 1988 to present
General Counsel, Philadelphia Charter Review Advisory Committee, 1988
Special Counsel to the Drafting Chairman of the Platform Committee,
Democrat National Convention
1988
Member of the Delegation to the Bureau of International Expositions, Paris, France,
to negotiate agreement for an international exposition in Philadelphia
1975
Lecturer, Temple University Department of Urban Studies 1972
Special Counsel, A.F.N.A. (American Foundation for Negro Affairs)
Investigation of KYW-TV attacks on Black Leaders,
1984


GOVERNMENTAL APPOINTMENTS
Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission,
Appointed by Mayor W. Wilson Goode

Co-Chairman, Home Rule Charter Revision Transition Team,
Appointed by Mayor John Street,
January 2000
Mayor's Commission on the Twenty-first Century,
Appointed by Mayor W Wilson Goode,
1984
Philadelphia County Board of Public Assistance,
Appointed by Governor David Lawrence,
1961 - 1963
Mayor's Police Advisory Board of Philadelphia,
Appointed by Mayor Richardson Dilworth,
1961-1963
Executive Director of the Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Committee,
Appointed by Mayor James H J Tate,
1964 - 1967
Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia,
Appointed by Mayor James H J Tate,
1967- 1969


HONORS
October 8, 1998: Recipient of the "Humanitarian Award",
presented by the International Humanitarian Award Committee
October 8, 1998
Charles W. Bowser Mentoring Institute,
established by The National Union of Hospital and Health Care Workers, 1199C,
1995
Association of Black Journalists Man of the Year Award
Philadelphia Urban Coalition Outstanding Service Award
Philadelphia Barristers Club Austin Norris Leadership Award
Philadelphia NAACP Exceptional Civil Rights Service Award
Philadelphia Opportunities Industria1ization Centers (OIC) Community Service Award
Lincoln University Alumni Community Leadership Award
Tuskegee University Alumni Leadership Award
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Community Service Award
National Urban Coalition Leadership Award
Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, Texas College, Tyler, Texas


EDUCATION
Central High School of Philadelphia - 1948
Temple University, B.S. Journalism - 1952
Temple Law School, J.D. - 1957
U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Aberdeen, Maryland 1952


MILITARY SERVICE
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expert, U.S. Army, 1952-1954;
Action during the Korean Conflict clearing mined fields, defusing and destroying unexploded bombs and shells.


PUBLICATIONS
Urban Commentaries - Selected Speeches, Articles and Poetrv Of Charles W. Bowser 1960 to 1997
-- edited by Maria S Bowser: 1999
Let The Bunker Burn: The Final Battle With MOVE, Camino Books -May 1989
The Apartheid Solution - An Anti-Apartheid Act, Omnibus Publishing Company -1985
Is Less Than 2% Enough? (A study of news coverage of Philadelphia's Black Community), Omnibus Publishing Company, 1985
Rethinking Cities to Make Them Work For Us, published by Educational Impact, Inc., 1979
Prerogatives of the Powerful - Plight of the Poor, Villanova Law Review, May, 1974
1974 - 1975 Columnist, Philadelphia Sunday Inquirer Newspaper
1970 - 1974 Urban Affairs Columnist, Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper
1998 - Present Urban Affairs Columnist, Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper
Thank you.


Sincerely,

Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS




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