William R. Howell ’27

William R. Howell died Mar. 11, 1994, at Middletown Park Manor in Middletown, N.Y., where he had resided since June 1993.

Bill prepared at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and he had a great career at Princeton. Here are some of the highlights: He won the WWI Scholarship, was captain of the freshman track team, a member of the varsity track team, won the Keene Fitzpatrick Medal, and was v.p. of Cap and Gown Club, a member of the class executive committee, numerous other class committees, the executive committee of the Intercollegiate Athletic Assn., and the Senior Council.

His career was in industrial engineering with such companies as DuPont, SKF Philadelphia, Bendix Corp. Philadelphia, and RCA.

Around 1952, he and his wife constructed a summerhouse in Craigsmoor in Ulster County, N.Y., and started Craigsmoor Craftsmen ("Nature Under Glass") in the garage, making fine plastic jewelry and other art objects by embedding butterflies, ferns, leaves, and flowers in plastic. They hired three employees and sold their original products to nearby gift shops.

Bill married twice and left three children, Peter, Sally, and David. The class extends deep sympathy to his survivors in the loss of a truly colorful classmate.

The Class of 1927