His mother was Vesta Virginia Bowman , one of the founders of the Long Beach Women 's Committee for the Philharmonic Orchestra . His family survived the 1933 earthquake and his mother made soup for the neighborhood in the front yard of their Loma Avenue home , which was damaged . He attended and graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach . He became very active in sports and set several records in track and field . He remained a lifelong sports fan , especially track , baseball and football
1933 earthquake
1933 Long Beach earthquake
Raymond D. Bowman