Known to many of us as “Mac,” Howard died Nov. 8, 2014, at his home in Lafayette, Colo. He was 96.
Born in Morton, Ill., he prepared at The Hill School. At Princeton, Mac majored in chemistry, played freshman golf, was a Commons captain, and ate at Campus Club. His senior-year roommates were William MacNamara and F.P. Christian.
Mac earned a medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and then served in the Navy in the Pacific theater as a lieutenant junior grade. After the war, he did his residency at the University of Pittsburgh, later serving as a medical school faculty member. He was recalled into the Navy during the Korean War, from which he emerged as a lieutenant commander.
In 1954 he joined the Beeson Clinic in Wooster, Ohio, where he practiced for eight years until founding the Wooster Clinic. He also was engaged in many charitable, professional, and civic organizations. In 1984 he and his wife moved to Estes Park, Colo., where, in semi-retirement, he became medical director at the Harmony Rehabilitation Foundation. In 1998, they retired to Lafayette.
Predeceased by Jean, his wife of 57 years, he is survived by sons Stuart and Douglas, daughters Megan and Sara, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.