![]() McDowell and Federal Communications Commissioner Robert M. ![]() He is survived by three sons, Kelly McDowell, mayor of El Segundo, Calif. In 1950, he married Martha Louise Shea, now deceased. He was an officer in the Navy during World War II. Published in several languages, it became National Geographic’s best-seller.įollowing his retirement from National Geographic 20 years ago, he often reviewed books for The Washington Times. McDowell’s last National Geographic book, “Inside The Vatican,” came out in 1991. Grosvenor, chairman of the board of the National Geographic Society. ![]() ![]() “Bart was a great contributor to the success of National Geographic magazine,” said Gilbert M. “I think it’s a way of looking out through a person’s eyes,” he said, “to take in a bit of their language.” His five National Geographic articles about Mexico included a 1980 piece on the Aztecs, for which he added to his fluent Spanish by learning a touch of their ancient tongue, Nahuatl. Weyrauch, Walter, Oral Legal Traditions of Gypsies. ![]() He drew from his upbringing to write his 1972 book, “The American Cowboy in Life and Legend,” as well as his magazine stories about Sam Houston and artist Charlie Russell. McDowell, Bart, Gypsies: Wanderers of the World, Washington: National Geographic Society, 1970. McDowell grew up on Mexican ranches and in West Texas towns. “He was one of a kind, a natural diplomat, equally at home sharing a Moscow factory worker’s bread crust and interviewing a pope or president,” said veteran photojournalist Jim Stanfield, a longtime colleague. ![]()
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