Background
II, Harold Howe, was born on August 17, 1918 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arthur and Margaret Marshall (Armstrong) H.
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II, Harold Howe, was born on August 17, 1918 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arthur and Margaret Marshall (Armstrong) H.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1940. Master of Arts in History, Columbia University, 1947. Postgraduate, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1959.
Postgraduate, University Cincinnati, 1955. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Adelphi University, 1966. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University St. Louis, 1967.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1967. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University, 1968. Doctor of Laws (honorary), CUNY-Hunter College, 1981.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Hartford, 1982. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Tulane University, 1991.
Teacher history Darrow School, New Lebanon, New York, 1940-1941, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1947-1950. Principal junior and senior high schools, 1950-1953. Principal Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, 1953-1957, Newton (Massachusetts) High School, 1957-1960.
Superintendent schools Scarsdale, New York, 1960-1964. Director Learning Institute North Carolina, 1964-1965. United States Commissioner of Education, Washington, 1966-1968.
Program advisor on education in India Ford Foundation, 1969-1970, vice president for education New York City, 1971-1981. Senior lecturer Harvard University Graduate School Education, 1982-1995.
Trustee Yale University, 1962-1968, Vassar College, Taft School, College Entrance Examination Board, John Hay Whitney Foundation, 1973-1981. Board directors Kennedy Center, Washington, 1967-1968. Member Commission on Humanities, American Council Learned Societies, 1962-1963.
Member National Council on Education Research, 1978-1982, chairman, 1980-1982. Chairman board director Institute Educational Leadership, 1982, 88. Trustee Educational Testing Services, 1986-1995, chairperson, 1990-1992.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Academy Art and Sciences.
Married Priscilla Foster Lamb, September 4, 1940. Children: Catherine Howe Short, Merrill Howe Leavitt, Gordon Armstrong.