G. Arthur Howell Jr. ’39

After earning his law degree from Harvard in 1942, his professional career as a lawyer and civic leader was centered in Atlanta. He was a founding partner and the last living original member of Alston & Bird.  

At Princeton, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Dixie played tailback until he was injured in 1937. He then turned to tennis, a sport his six children played in college. In 1960 he and his son, Speed, ranked nationally in the father-son category.

Dixie served Princeton as a trustee from 1964 to 1968. He returned often for Reunions and the graduations of his children: Speed ’64, Richard ’70, and Jimbo ’74; and his grandchildren, Tracy Effinger Upton ’91, Millar Effinger Freeman ’93, Laura Effinger Harris ’98, and Richard U.S. Howell ’99.  

Dixie was devoted to his family. He married Caroline Sherman in 1941 and they later divorced. He was married to his second wife, Jenny, in the Princeton Chapel in 1972 by our classmate Fred Fox.  

He is survived by Jenny, five children, three stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by Jimbo and a stepdaughter, Jenny Franchot. To his family and friends, the class extends its sympathy.