Original photographer:
Douglas Jones

Contemporary
photographer:
Bill Ganzel

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Sam Bowles – "U.S. Teachers in Africa"

Sam Bowles

Right, Sam Bowles praises one of his Nigerian students for good grades. Sam and then-wife Nancy chose to teach in Africa after undergraduate studies becasue they saw exciting developments on the continent. Photo by Douglas Jones, from the March 28, 1961, edition of LOOK.

Left, Sam Bowles participating in a seminar at the Santa Fe Institute. Sam earned his graduate degree in economics and served as an economic advisor for both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Photo by Bill Ganzel, July 2017