Background

Howe, Peggy O'Neill was born on November 24, 1928 in Fairfield, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Harry Edward and Era Mae (Box) O'Neill.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1949.

Career

Information officer United States Steel, Fairfield, Alabama, 1950-1951. Editor Ware Shoals (South Carolina) Life, 1951-1954. Reporter/feature writer The Raleigh (North Carolina) Times, 1968-1970.

Editorial assistant Department Cultural Resources, Raleigh, 1970-1972, public information officer, since 1972.

Achievements

• Peggy O"Neill Howe has been listed as a noteworthy public information officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Library Association (secretary public relations section, recipient John Cotton Dana award 1979, 83), Raleigh Public Relations Society (president 1986, awards 1977, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85), North Carolina Government Information Officers (president 1977-1979), Public Relations Society of America Clubs: North Carolina Museum of History Associates (Mentor of Distinctionaward 1988).

Interests

• Flying, sailing, travel, reading.

Connections

Married Theodore Tyler Howe, November 1, 1952. Children: Stephen Tyler Howe, Edward O'Neill Howe.

Father:

Harry Edward O'Neill

Mother:

Era Mae (Box) O'Neill

Spouse:

Theodore Tyler Howe

child:

Edward O'Neill Howe

child:

Stephen Tyler Howe