with dr robert bowman, at hobart and william smith colleges, geneva, sept 3, 2009 – “war is not the answer: a personal odyssey”
Dr. Bowman, who has a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering from Caltech, flew 101 combat missions as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, after which he became Director of Advanced Space Programs Development for the Air Force Space Division. In that capacity he oversaw the then secret program to study missile defenses, which President Reagan later turned into the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or “ Star Wars.” He has become a powerful anti-war voice within the progressive community – active with Veterans for Peace, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He has opposed both wars with Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, as well as the military operations in Bosnia and Kosovo.
