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Author Bowen, Otis R

Title Doc : memories from a life in public service / Otis R. Bowen ; with William Du Bois, Jr
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Family, Friends, and School; 2 IU, Medical School, and Beth; 3 Internship in South Bend; 4 Serving Uncle Sam; 5 Family Doctor in Bremen; 6 First Public Service: Coroner; 7 Winning (and Losing) Elections; 8 Doctor in the House; 9 Leader of the House; 10 First Campaigns for Governor; 11 First Steps and Property Tax Relief; 12 Budgets, Surpluses, and Other Challenges; 13 Managing for Results; 14 A Defeat, a Disappointment, and Tribulations; 15 Folks Who Made a Difference; 16 On Being Governor; 17 The Governor as Party Leader
18 Last Days in Office19 Medical School Professor; 20 Secretary of Health & Human Services; 21 Beth, Rose, and Carol; 22 Presidents and People I've Known; 23 Final Thoughts; Index
Summary "He was affectionately known by his constituents as "Doc," and may well have been the most popular governor in Indiana's history. Now "Doc" Bowen has given us his story. He writes in rich detail of how hard work and persistence got him into and through medical school, and how his commitment to serving people led him early on to become a beloved family physician in Bremen, then later a respected state legislator and legislative leader in Indiana, and ultimately governor of the state."
"Otis Bowen grew up poor in Fulton County, but was rich in the things that count. With the support of his parents, siblings, teachers, and friends, he pursued a dream of becoming a family physician. This book is Otis Bowen's recollection of his hard work and continuous sacrifice to finance his way though medical school."--Jacket
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Subject Bowen, Otis R
SUBJECT Bowen, Otis R. fast (OCoLC)fst00084456
Subject Politicians -- Indiana -- Biography
Governors -- Indiana -- Biography
Physicians -- Indiana -- Biography
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Cabinet officers.
Governors.
Physicians.
Politics and government
Politicians.
SUBJECT Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject Indiana.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Du Bois, William
ISBN 9780253028556
0253028558