Last Updated: 1 April 2008
TITLE
Professor and Dean of Students
ADDRESS
Vincent La Bomba School of Home Surgery
C/o Reverend Archie
Rm. 717, Wilson St. Hotel for Men
407 W. Wilson St.,
Raleigh NC 27602
1-800-DRBOMBABORN
February 17th, 1925
COURSES TAUGHT
HS 550: Seminar: Contemporary Theories and Methods of Exorcism
HS 490: Psychic Surgery
HS 320: History of Tattooing & Piercing, Renaissance to Modern
HS 310: History of Tattooing & Piercing, Prehistory to Renaissance
HS 210: AromatherapyEDUCATION
1985 Doctor of Medicine from the John Wayne “Duke” University Medical School Extension (at Ray’s College of Medicine), Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Specialized in self-surgery.
1963 Master of Farts degree, from “Joyful Noise” College of Righteous Tooting, Ripon WI. Thesis title: “Keeping the match lit while mooning from a moving vehicle.”
1959 Bachelor of Custodial Arts and Sciences (with Honors), Plumber’s Friend Academy, Frackville, PA.
1949 HS Equivalency diploma from Emmanual Trades School, Jim Thorpe, PA
AWARDS AND HONORS
First Runner-up, “Guess the Organ” Mix-and-Match Jamboree for Interns, John Wayne “Duke” University Teaching Hospital and Rent-a-Car Agency, 1984.
Oscar Meyer Award for Indiscrimination of Content, Ray’s Annual Post-Surgical “Stuff-n-Sew” Relay Race for 1st-year Students, Ray’s College of Medicine, 1981.
Most Original Non-Main-Course Recipe (Chilled div.), Spam-O-Rama. Austin, TX, 1978.
Honorable Mention, “Hunka-Hunka-Burnin’-Love” Look-Like-Elvis Contest, Vic’s Star Lounge, Chicago, 1976.
Good Behavior (Sentence Reduction), Menard Correctional Facility, Chester, IL, 1972.
Second Place, Roto-Rooter “Break the Snake” Challenge, Morgantown, WV, 1961.
World Light Heavyweight Champion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1951.
Hole-in-One Club (6 free games), Tommy Bartlett’s Miniature Golf, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 1947
Honorable Discharge, US Army, 1946.
Soft Toy Panda, “Guess My Weight” Booth, Schuykill County Fair, Pottsville, PA 1941.
Red Ribbon, Best Drawing (Grades 1-3), “Tree, Grass, and Sky” (Crayola on Construction paper, 8½ X 11), McKinley Elementary School PTA Art Contest, Buffalo, NY, 1932.
LECTURES
“Why They Call It an Operating Theater: Surgery, Performance, Autoethnography.” First International Conference on the Rhetoric and Poetics of Surgery. La Bomba School, 1997.
“If It Won’t Fit, Don’t Force It: A Plumber’s Advice to Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgeons.” Rush-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Brown-Bag “Meet the Staff” Luncheon Series, 1978.
“Sisterhood is Diverse: Claiming My Identity as Radical Butch-Femme,” Keynote address at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Convention, Kansas City, MO, 1977.
“You My Bitch: What they did to me in prison,” lecture-demonstration (with slides), Greater Tampa Area AAA Armchair Traveler’s Series, Clearwater Florida, 1973.
“Orchids and Salami: A Gay and Intimate Memoir.” One-person show adapted from the book by Eva Gabor. Presented at the “Con Artistes Festival” sponsored by the Illinois Dept. of Corrections. Menard Correctional Facility, Chester, IL, 1971.
PUBLICATIONS
Cut It Out: Performing Self-Surgery . Published by the Cornhusker Press (Ames, IA) ‘You Can Do It’ Self-Help and Home Improvement Series, Vol. 38, 1995.
Love Slave: Original Poems. Joliet, IL: Illinois Dept. of Corrections/Art Behind Bars Press, 1971.
“Calculating Socket Depth on Saddle Tees while Connecting to DWV Lines with Rigid Plastic, when Existing Pipe Is Copper or Cast-Iron.” (Rpt. of Senior Honor’s Thesis.) Monograph. Frackville, PA: Plumber’s Friend Academy, 1961.
MEMBERSHIPS
Psychic Surgeons of America; Fraternal Order of Delieverance; Taskforce on Elective Imprisonment
C.V. prepared by Michael S. Bowman, Esq. and Consultant, Bowman & Bowman 2008
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