Background
Howell, Arthur was born on August 24, 1918 in Atlanta. Son of Arthur and Katharine (Mitchell) Howell.
Howell, Arthur was born on August 24, 1918 in Atlanta. Son of Arthur and Katharine (Mitchell) Howell.
Episcopal High School of Virginia. Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1939). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1942).
Worked at Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Corporate, Estate, Trust. Admitted to the bar, 1943, Georgia. Phi Beta Kappa. President, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 1952-1953.
Special Assistant Attorney General, University System of Georgia, 1949-1955.
Special Counsel, Georgia State School Building Authority, State Parks Authority, State Prison Authority and State Hospital Authority, 1951-1967. Member, Advisory Committee, Georgia Corporation Code, 1967-1969.
Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta (President 1955-1956).
American Law Institute (Life Member). International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (Retired, 1992). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Chairman, Committee on Professional Standards, 1981-1984.
Regent, 1984-1988.
Retired, 1992). American Counsel Association (Director, 1986-1989).
President Metropolitan Atlanta Cmty. Superior vena cava syndrome, 1956, director, since 1953. President Cmty. Planning Council, 1961-1963.
General chairman United Appeal, 1955. Special attorney general.State Georgia, 1948-1955. Special counsel University Sys.
Georgia, State School Building Authorities, 1951-1970. Advising committee Georgia Corporation Code, since 1967. Chairman AtlantaAdv. Committee Parks.
Trustee, past chairman Oglethorpe U. Trustee Princeton, 1964-1968, Atlanta Speech School, Westminister Schools, Atlanta, Episcopal H.S., Alexandria, Virginia. Emeritus trustee Morehouse College, past trustee Institute International Education, member Executive Committee 1969-1972.
Elder, trustee, chairman of the board of trustees Presbyterian Church, 1985-1989. Member American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, American Law Institute (life), Lawyers Club of Atlanta (past president), American Judicature Society, Society ColonialWars, Capital City Club, Piedmont Driving Club, Commerce Club, Homosassa Fishing Club, Nassau Club, Princeton Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Caroline Sherman, June 14, 1941. Children: Arthur, Caroline, Eleanor, Richard, Peter, James. Married Janet Kerr Franchot, December 16, 1972.