Lawson Bowling has taught in the Department of History at Manhattanville since 1984.  He is Faculty in Residence in Spellman Hall, Room 111.  He is Manhattanville's Faculty Athletics Representative for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and has attended ten N.C.A.A. conventions.

Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Lakeside High School in Atlanta where he was the recipient of the Atlanta Journal Cup as the Best All-Around Senior.  He attended Atlanta's Emory University on a four-year National Merit Scholarship, majoring in English and History.  He returned to his native Philadelphia to earn a master's degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania.  For three years he taught history and economics at Forest Park (Ga.) Comprehensive Senior High School before moving to New York to study United States history at Columbia University.

His particular academic interests include the twentieth century, the history of sports, California, Italy, American economic history, and World War II.  Some of his other activities include golf, Pontiac Firebird TransAms, and following the New York Islanders as a season-ticket holder.

He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the New-York Historical Society, the California Historical Society, the North American Society for Sport History, the Morgan Library (New York), the Penn Club of New York, the Historical Society, and the Society for Military History.

                                                             
Manhattanville's top ride



L.B. with History alumni
Michael Bonavita & Joe Conetta,
Manhattan, January, 2006


L.B. with former student Robert Lasbury
on Bob Lasbury Day, Mar. 27, 2004