George Thomas Howard

Background

Howard, George Thomas was born on June 8, 1929 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of George Thomas and Fredrica Laura (Eppenstein) Howard.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, Reed College, 1951. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

Registered profile engineer, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin Supervisor scene shop, intr. scenery design and construction Reed College, Portland, 1947-1950. Instructor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, senior division electrical engineering and mathematics course in-plant students, Cleveland, 1955-1956. Engineer large lamp division General Electric, Cleveland, 1953-1958.

Western regional manager Wakefield Lighting division International Telephone And Telegraph, Portland, 1962-1965.

Executive vice president, general manager Kliegl Brothers, Western Corporation, Los Angeles, 1965-1970. Visiting lecturer theatre architecture, engineering California State University-Northridge, 1972.

Consultant in theatrical and presentation facilities George Thomas Howard Associations, Hollywood, California, 1958. United States delegate for engineering safety International Organisation Scenographers and Theatre Architects and Technicians, Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1982, Berlin, 1990, United States delegate for architecture, Berlin, 1988, United States delegate for scenography, Sydney, Australia, 1989.

Significant projects include Oregon Shakespeare Festival Elizabethan Theatre, Ashland, 1960, Seattle Opera House, 1962, Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, 1973, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand Hotel, Las, Vegas, Nevada, 1973, 81, Hollywood (California) Bowl, 1976, Tanglewood/Berkshire Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1976, Communications Building Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1977, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand Hotel, Reno, Nevada, 1978, Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, California, 1980, KING television Studios, Seattle, 1983, World Trade Center, Moscow, 1984, Kentucky Center for Arts, Louisville, 1984, Joong Ang Theatre, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1985, Grady Gammage Auditorium Arizona State University, 1985, Herberger Theatre Center, Phoenix, 1989, Pleasure Island Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, 1989.

Achievements

• George Thomas Howard has been listed as a noteworthy theater consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: United States Institute Theatre Technology (executive committee Southern California section). Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Alliance Theatrical State Employees, Professional Engineers Nevada, Association Consultant Electrical Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, National Fire Protection Association (national electrical code making panel #15), Society Motion Picture and television Engineers, Illumination Engineering Society (western vice chairman, theatre, television and film lighting committee 1973), American Society Theatre Consultant (director 1982), Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Hex-Alpha.

Connections

Married Karen Miriam Holm, June 16, 1950. Children: Dana, Tamara, Christopher.

Father:

George Thomas Howard

Mother:

Fredrica Laura (Eppenstein) Howard

Spouse:

Karen Miriam Holm

child:

Christopher Howard

child:

Tamara Howard

child:

Dana Howard