Background
Soper, Howard Kent was born on May 5, 1928 in Baltimore. Son of Paul Stuart and M. Ruth (Smith) Soper.
Soper, Howard Kent was born on May 5, 1928 in Baltimore. Son of Paul Stuart and M. Ruth (Smith) Soper.
Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, University Baltimore, 1961.
Assistant contractor chemical division, W.R. Grace & Company, Baltimore, 1957-1962; executive vice president, treasurer, general manager, Blumenthal Export Company Inc., 1962-1983; vice-president, director, Blumenthal Mills Inc., Marion, South Carolina., 1970-1993; executive vice president, director, Blumenthal Print Works Incorporated, New York Orleans, 1970-1993.
Director Information Council Americas, New Orleans, since 1993. Chairman Americanism Committee, Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans, 1980-1983. President parents association Benjamin Franklin Senior High School, 1979-1981.
Captain United States Army, 1951-1957. Member Sons of the Revolution (vice president), Order Founders and Patriots (treasurer), General Society of Colonial Wars (secretary general since 1992), Agri-Business Council (president-elect 1994-1995), Society of the Cinn. (vice president), Round Table Club, Pickwick Club, New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club, World Trade Center Plimsoll Club.
Married Mary Pate, April 15, 1957, (divorced). Children: Matthew Howard, William P., Mary. Married Carroll R. Beale, December 23, 1989.