Charles H. Howell Jr. ’43

Charles died Feb. 10, 1996, at the Veterans' Medical Center in Lyons, N.J., of a swiftly moving cancer. He was 74.

He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Haverford, Pa. Serving as a second lt. in the 100th Field Artillery Division during WWII, he earned four battle stars and the POW medal, having been captured by the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge.

Charles possessed an abiding interest in the great old American game of baseball, which lasted throughout his life. From his retirement retreat at Rossmoor, in Jamesburg, N.J., he contributed to various publications and provided research to an encyclopedia of minor league baseball. He belonged to the Society of American Baseball Researchers, and personally visited a majority of minor league ballparks in the country.

During undergraduate days. Charles lettered in baseball, playing second base alongside Murph McCarthy at first.

Charles is survived by his wife, Mary Jo, two sons, Charles III and John, a daughter, Catherine Tatter, and three grandchildren. To all the survivors, we extend our most heartfelt sympathy.

The Class of 1943