Robert Lorenzo Howard

Background

Howard, Robert Lorenzo was born on July 25, 1891 in Millersville, Missouri, United States. Son of James Bennett and Harriet Matilda (Miller) Howard.

Education

Bachelor Pedagogy, Southeast Missouri State Normal School, 1915. Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1917. AM, University Missouri, 1918.

Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1925. Postgraduate, Colorado University Law School, 1924. Doctor Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1933.

Career

Teacher country schools, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1909-1913; teacher, State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri, 1919-1920; instructor political science, U. Missouri, 1920-1922; municipal reference librarian, U. Missouri, 1920-1925; assistant professor of law, University Missouri, 1925-1928; associate professor, U. Missouri, 1928-1929; professor, U. Missouri, from 1929. Public member 7th Regional War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization Board, 1943-1946, chairman 9th Regional, 1951. Member of national panel American Arbitration Association.

Arbitrator labor disputes, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Svc. Member permanent arbitration board International Ladies Garment Workers, Kansas City Garment Manufacturers Association.

Achievements

• Robert Lorenzo Howard has been listed as a noteworthy Law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Columbia Charter Commission. Elder Christian Church Lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member American Bar Association, National Academy Arbitrators, Industrial Relations Research Association, Missouri, Boone County bar associations, Missouri National Conference (commissioner), American Law Institute (commissioner uniform state laws), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Loreta Welty, August 28, 1915. Children: Frederick Lorenzo, Erma Loreta, Jane Eloise.

Father:

James Bennett Howard

Mother:

Harriet Matilda (Miller) Howard

Spouse:

Loreta Welty

child:

Erma Loreta Howard

child:

Jane Eloise Howard

child:

Frederick Lorenzo Howard