Alfred Hunt Howell ’34

Al Howell, author, bibliophile, community leader and benefactor, and enthusiastic outdoorsman, died Apr. 23, 1996. He was the author of Who Made You? Theology, Science, and Human Responsibility (Praeger 1989) and the oldest recipient ever of a PhD from Columbia U., a feat he accomplished when he was 80. "Much more fun," he said at the time, "than doing recreational things."

A trustee of the American U. of Beirut from 1967-82, when the government of Lebanon awarded him its Order of the Cedars, he was also treasurer of the board. From 1963-66 he was president of the YMCA of Greater New York, which he served also as trustee and chairman of the finance committee of the Natl. Council. He was awarded the Y's highest honor, the Red Triangle. In 1972 our class presented him with its Award for Outstanding Achievement, citing "the quiet determination, conscientiousness, and common sense, which have been the basis of his success in all he has undertaken."

Al's wife, Ruth Rea Howell, Bill Rea's sister, died in 1993. Al's daughter, Ann Armstrong, survives, as do two sons, Alfred Hunt Jr. and Henry, and six grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934