Background
Howard, A. Philo was born in 1878 in Palestine, Texas, October.25. Son of Alfred Ryland and Georgia (Grainger) Howard.
Howard, A. Philo was born in 1878 in Palestine, Texas, October.25. Son of Alfred Ryland and Georgia (Grainger) Howard.
Graduate Staunton (Virginia) Military Academy, 1896. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1901.
Became house surgeon for the I.G.N. Railroad Hospital, 1901. Demonstrator of anatomy, Saint Louis University, 1903-1906. Chief surgeon New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway, 1907-1932, Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway, 1910-1929, Burlington, Rock Island Railway Company at Houston from 1929.
Chief consultant surgeon Member of Parliament Railroad (Gulf Coast division).
Member of staff Hermann Hospital from 1933. President Houston Clinic from 1916.
Clinical professor gynecology, Bayler University, medical Department.
Fellow American College Surgeons. Member Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Nancy Flewellen, November 30, 1908. Children: Eugenia Flewellen (Mistress Wilmer B. Hunt), Alfred Ryland, Georgia (Mistress Henry G. Safford, Junior.