Dr. James Bowman, expert in blood diseases, father of Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, dies at 88

CHICAGO — Dr. James E. Bowman, a widely recognized expert in inherited blood diseases and population genetics, was the first tenured African-American professor in the University of Chicago’s Biological Sciences Division. Dr. Bowman, 88, died of renal cancer Wednesday at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the university ...