John Howie

Background

John Howie was born on December 3, 1929, in Jackson, Mississippi, the United States, to Virgil Rufus and Sarah Clopton (Mitchell) Howie.

Education

John Howie received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1951. He studied at Emory University and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1954 and a Master of Arts degree in 1955. Howie became a Ph.D. after graduation from Boston University in 1965.

Howie completed his postgraduate studies at Cambridge University in 1972.

Career

Howie began his career as an assistant professor at Randolph-Macon College, in Ashland, Virginia in 1962-1964. He went to work as an assistant professor at Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana in 1965-1966. He also was an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale during 1966-1971 and was promoted to the position of an associate professor from 1971 to 1982.

Since 1982 he was a professor at the same university.

Achievements

• John Howie has been listed as a noteworthy philosophy professor by Marquis Who's Who. He was an outstanding educator, who was highly praised by his colleagues and students.

Works

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  • Ethical Principles for Social Policy

    (Abortion, euthanasia, racism, sexism, pater­nalism, the r...)

    1983
  • Perspectives for Moral Decisions 1981
  • Contemporary Studies in Philosophical Idealism 1975
  • The Wisdom of William Earnest Hocking 1978
  • Ethical Principles and Practice 1987

Religion

Howie was a member of Unitarian church.

Politics

Howie was a member of the Democratic Party.

Membership

Democratic precint captain, Carbondale, since 1988. Member American Philosophical Association, Society for Advancement of America Philosophy, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

Interests

• Sport & Clubs

  jogging, tennis, swimming, sailing

Connections

Howie married Lillian Beverly Watson on June 8, 1954. They had three sons John Mark, Philip Wesley, and Stephen Shelton.

Father:

Virgil Rufus Howie

Mother:

Sarah Clopton (Mitchell) Howie

Spouse:

Lillian Beverly Watson

Son:

Philip Wesley Howie

Son:

John Mark Howie

Son:

Stephen Shelton Howie

References

• Contemporary Authors, Vol. 189
  2001