Background
Houk, Howard Franklin was born on July 11, 1914 in Clovis, New Mexico, United States. Son of Delbert Clay and Ethel May (Ragsdale) Houk.
Houk, Howard Franklin was born on July 11, 1914 in Clovis, New Mexico, United States. Son of Delbert Clay and Ethel May (Ragsdale) Houk.
Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1935.
Private practice,, Clovis, 1936-1941; private practice, Santa Fe, 1947-1961; private practice, Albuquerque, since 1962; 1st assistant attorney general, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1941-1942; United State Attorneys, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1942-1946; attorney, New Mexico Board Medical Examiners, Albuquerque, 1954-1979; attorney, New Mexico Medical Society, Albuquerque, 1954-1989; attorney, City of Santa Fe, 1959-1962. Chairman New Mexico Selective Svc. Appeals Board, Albuquerque, 1945-1970, State Parole Board, Albuquerque, 1961-1971.
Member State Bar New Mexico (president 1954-1955), Masons, Elks.
Married Merle Beatrice Lujan, April 8, 1944. 1 child, Barbara Lynn.