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BONNEWELL, Robert
BONNEWELL, Robert. (Polk Co., IA- ). Retired naval officer. Bonnewell led the effort to establish an area vocational school and has chaired the Education Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He was active in the Y.M.CA.; Iowa State University Alumni Association; I.S.U. Tri-State Club; and the boards of the DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL, DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, DUBUQUE COUNTY FINE ARTS SOCIETY, and the Symphony Search Committee.
Bonnewell, the organizer of bus trips to Ames for the International Concert Festival, has with his wife, Latha, directed friendship exchange visits to China and West Berlin. He served as Finance Director of the Friendship Force exchange with Guatemala. Both Bonnewells have been active in the World Hunger Project of WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. In 1986 they were committee members of the Mississippi Peace Cruise that brought fifty citizens of the Soviet Union (Commonwealth of Independent States) to Dubuque.
The Bonnewells were chosen king and queen of Dubuquefest Homecoming in 1986 for their outstanding contributions to cultural understanding.