Background
Howell, Morton Boyte was born on July 17, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Morton B. and Marie Lyle (Harwell) Howell.
Howell, Morton Boyte was born on July 17, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Morton B. and Marie Lyle (Harwell) Howell.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1939). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1942). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
City Recorder, 1946-1947, City Attorney, 1947-1975 and Mayor, 1975-1982, City of Belle Meade. Trustee, University of Nashville, Montgomery Bell Academy, since 1957. Director, Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), 1958-1966.
Associate Price, Barksdale & Price, 1946—1951. Private practice law Nashville, 1951—1957, 1964—1965. Partner Howell, Neese & Tuck, 1957—1962, Howell & Tuck, 1962—1963.
With Howell & Fisher, 1966—1982, Howell, Fisher, Branham & North, Nashville, 1983—1987, Howell, Fisher & Branham, 1987. City recorder City of Belle Meade, Tennessee, 1946—1947, city attorney, 1947—1974, mayor, 1974—1982. Captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member of American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association, Exchange Club, Cumberland Club, Phi Delta Theta.
Married Nancy Watkins, September 25, 1943. Children: Morton B., William W.