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Al Benn at The Decatur Daily in the early 1970s.
The Decatur (Ala.) Daily in the early 1970s. The Daily's news staff. From left, seated, Angie Lowry (Bob Lowry's wife; Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine); Libby Jarvinen (lives in Huntsville, Ala.); Ben Windham (retired editorial page editor of The Tuscaloosa News); Bill Cornwell (whereabouts unknown); Al Benn (semi-retired reporter for Montgomery Advertiser); Winford Turner (deceased); Mike Freeman (working in Arkansas); Lowry (PR for Alabama state teachers union); Linda Parham (unknown); and Lee Sentell (Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's cabinet as director of state Department of Tourism and Development).
The Decatur (Ala.) Daily, circa 1974. Second from left, Bob Lowry; fourth woman from left, Angie Lowry, Bob's wife; behind her is reporter Ben Windham, retired editorial page editor of The Tuscaloosa News; seat is Mike Freeman, managing editor, who later moved to Arkansas; behind him is sports editor Billy Mitchell, who later worked for papers in Georgia; to his left is Lee Sentell, director of Alabama Department of Tourism and Development; at the far right is Tommy Stevenson, retired associate editor of The Tuscaloosa News. The rest are scattered and don't remember many of their names now.
Bob Lowry, reporter for The Montgomery Advertiser, 1975-77 (working on electric typewriter).
Alabama House Chamber-circa 1976 (From left, Floyd Norris, UPI - now with The New York Times; Phil Rawls, AP - still in Montgomery with AP; Clint Claybrook, Alabama Journal (now defunct); Bob Lowry, The Montgomery Advertiser; Scott Sheppard, AP (retired in Washington); Linda Parham, The Montgomery Advertiser, later with Birmingham Post-Herald and Atlanta Constitution; The Birmingham News; whereabouts unknown now.)
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and from left, Angie Lowry (Bob's wife - then Alabama Capitol reporter for The Tuscaloosa News); state Sen. Ed Robertson of Northport and unidentified local TV newsman. At the time, Shelby was a congressman from the Tuscaloosa area. Photo is from 1980.
Alabama House Chamber-circa 1978 (From Left, Bob Lowry; Scott Shepard, AP-Montgomery; far right, Ted Bryant, political writer/columnist for the Scripps-Howard Birmingham Post-Herald.)
UPI Cubicle (Bob Lowry at UPI cubicle at Alabama State Capitol Pressroom in 1978.)
Sampling of Bob Lowry's press passes.
More Bob Lowy press passes.
Mara Lowry in MG Bureau (Bob Lowry's oldest daughter in the Montgomery, Ala., UPI bureau in 1978. Mara got her degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1994; was research engineer at Georgia Tech and now stay-at-home mom.)
Blue-Gray Game-1978 (Bob Lowry in press box, covering Blue-Gray All-Star Classic on Christmas Day, 1978; my late father seated to my right.)
Alabama Death Row-1979 (Bob Lowry, sitting in the Alabama electric chair -- called "Yellow Mama" -- at Holeman Prison in Atmore, Ala., while waiting to interview death row inmate John Evans, who would be the first person executed in Alabama after the death penalty was reinstated. I transferred to Austin bureau before Evans' execution.)
Austin, Texas, Capitol Bureau-1982 (Bob Lowry, shortly after becoming bureau manager in August 1982; no, we didn't wear T-shirts to work -- photo was made on a weekend.)
Bob Lowry's daughter Mara with Lloyd Doggett when she was a page in the Texas Senate in 1983. Doggett, now a congressman representing Texas' 10th District, was a Texas state senator at the time of this photo. They are standing in front of a famous painting in the Texas Senate chamber that portrays the Battle of Alamo -- entitled -- "Dawn at the Alamo."
Austin Capitol Bureau Early 1983 (From left, photographer Bob Thomas, who was laid off after the FNN takeover in 1988; Tim Sheehy, who left for IBM shortly after the '84 pay cuts; Bob Lowry; and Dwayne Cox, legislative relief from Dallas who later left UPI for IBM. Seated is Teresa Anderson, who left in early '85 for the Texas Education Agency; now owns her own PR agency in the Seattle area.)
Green Beret Doctor (Bob Lowry interviewing former Green Beret Dr. Jeffrey McDonald of "Fatal Vision" fame who was convicted of murdering his family at Fort Bragg, N.C. The interview took place at a federal prison near Austin. I got more clips from this story than any I wrote for UPI.)
Pressbox View (The view from the UPI seat in the pressbox at the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium at Austin.)
Little Unipresser: Bob Lowry's youngest daughter, Katie in Austin, Texas, in 1986 (later graduated from Auburn University and got master's degree from Boston University; now works for large PR firm in New York City.)
Capitol Briefing-Mid '80s (Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby speaks to reporters on floor of Texas Senate; Bob Lowry at far right.)
Lowry and Langford (Bob Lowry and Mark Langford, the two-man Austin bureau in 1985 - and for most of the 80s. Langford was laid off in September 1999 when UPI finally shut down the Austin bureau. He's now chief of staff for a Texas state senator after being laid off from San Antonio newspaper.)
Air Force's most experienced F-4 Phantom jet fighter pilot, left, briefs Bob Lowry before flight from now-closed Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin in 1986.
F-4 Flight (Bob Lowry top right with ground crewman for F-4 Phantom jet at now-closed Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin in 1986; Lowry in rear seat in bottom photo. We flew down to the Mexican border and across West Texas.
Morgan Fairchild (Bob Lowry with actress Morgan Fairchild after Austin news conference with Willie Nelson talking about their movie "The Redheaded Stranger.")
FarmAid News Conference (Bob Lowry covering Willie Nelson and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower news conference at Texas' Memorial Stadium to announce 1986 FarmAid concert would be held at the stadium. It had to be relocated, however, due to insurance problems.)
Austin, Texas, staff in 1989, from Texas Senate press guide,
Texas Capitol Press Corps-1986 (UPI's Bob Lowry and Mark Langford are in the crowd somewhere, posing with the "Goddess of Liberty" that had been removed from the Capitol dome for restoration. The blonde woman on the front row in the green dress is former Austin UPI staffer Ann Arnold. She went on to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, but was press secretary to then-Gov. Mark White when this photo was made. She's now executive director of the Texas Broadcasters Association.)
Bob Lowry's wife Angie, with daughter Katie in Austin in 1987.
Bob Lowry's wife, Angie, wearing one of UPI T-shirts given to staffers who covered the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Black knit shirts with the UPI logo on the front were also available.
NCAA Tournament Pass (The last major sports event I covered -- with Mike Rabun of Dallas UPI sports -- was the March 15-17, 1990, NCAA basketball tournament in Austin.)
Bob Lowry with Alabama Gov. James E. "Little Jim" Folsom in 1992. Folsom later served as lieutenant governor.
Bob Lowry, who was a reporter for UPI in Montgomery from 1977-82 and bureau manager in Austin, Texas, from 1982-1991, was Montgomery correspondent for The Huntsville Times from 2006-2011, interviews inmate at Kilby prison in 2007. The Times closed its state Capitol bureau in September 2011.
Former Unipresser Bob Lowry (L), then- Montgomery, Ala., correspondent for The /Users/bob_lowry/Desktop/bobimages.htmlHuntsville Times, interviews Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., at Alabama state Capitol in December 2006. (Photo by Alvin Benn)
Bob Lowry, who was a reporter for UPI in Montgomery from 1977-82 and bureau manager in Austin, Texas, from 1982-1991, then-Montgomery correspondent for The Huntsville Times, interviews Tuskegee Airman at Alabama state Capitol in 2007. At right is AP reporter Bob Johnson. Bust in rear is former Alabama Gov. Lurleen Wallace. (Photo by Al Benn)
Bob Lowry, who was a reporter for UPI in Montgomery from 1977-82 and bureau manager in Austin, Texas, from 1982-1991, then-Montgomery correspondent for The Huntsville Times, interviews Alabama Democratic Congressman Artur Davis, who was running for governor in 2010. (Photo by Al Benn)
Bob Lowry, (left) who was a reporter for UPI in Montgomery from 1977-82 and bureau manager in Austin, Texas, from 1982-1991, then-Montgomery correspondent for The Huntsville Times, on the job in front of the Alabama Capitol on Sept. 9, 2009.
