AMERICAN CONTEMPORARIES Henry Howard
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EARLY half R century has pamod since Henry Howard, being washed away by the following seas. The following Monu; youth of seventeen years, was graduated from t,he Basday they pnssed Cape Sable and then changed their course direct ton Latin School and admitted to the Massachusetts to Hslifax, 360 miles diatant, arriving Tuebday noon, 67 hours Institut,e of Technology. Four years later he entered the em- out of Marblehead. A royal welcome was given the crew of the ploy of the Merrimac Chemical Company of Boston. Doubtles little cutter as she came to anchor in Halifax harbor. the young man’s choice of chemistry as a profession was inIn due course Howard became chairman of the Regatta Committ.ee of the Eastern Yacht Club and during Ruenced in some measure by the fact that. his t,he seven-year period prior to the Great War father was an executive of the Merrimnc organized and directed five series of yacht Company. At any rate, it marked the hcrnees between the United States and Gerginning of a career which for forty-four years many, two a t Marblehead and three a t Kiel. has been characterized by intense activity Likewise, he organized two series between the and crouyded experience8 of the most interUnited States and Spain and later, in 1928, esting and unusual type. an ocean race from New York to Santander, Henry Howard, son of Alonao Potter and Spain. The negotiation and direction of Emma (Babcock) Howard, was born in Bosthese international races brought Howard ton (Jamaica Plain), July 5, 1868. In 1896 into direct and personal contact with many he married Alice Sturtevant of Nevport, X.I., interesting personages, including the former and their family consists of three sons and a German Emperor and the recently deposed daughter. King Alfonso of Spain. Incidentally, HowIt is difficult for “Harry” Howard’s oldard renewed his acquaintance with the exiled time friends, those who have gathered about Kaiser Wilhelm, visiting him a t Doom in the fireside and enjoyed the hospitality of his 1931. home. to realize that he has m s e d a sixtvfifth milestone. How vividly we recall the Phufopraph bv Bachroch A tremendous shipbuilding campaign reH w i w HowAm sulted from the entrance of the United States charm of that. family circle and the grsciousinto the war and Boon one of the major probnass of Mrs. Ifownrd. Then, too, there are memories of delightful musical evenings with a,n orchestra that lem8 was how to man our newly created merchant marine. IIoward conceived the idea of selecting men with nautical experience included every member of the family. IIovard’s association with the i\lerrimac Cheniical Campany and a sufficient knnwlcdge of mat,hemstics to permit them to accontinued for B period of more than thirty years and in variow quire the science of navigation. Similarly, men wit.h a mechanioapiieities. First chemist. and chemical engineer he lat,er became ea1 training were to be given an opportunity to become engineers, asistant superintendent, then superintendent, and for nearly and so on. The final outcome of his plan was the Recruiting Sertwenty years wns vice president. In 1920 he resigned from the vice of the U. S. Shipping Board, organized and directed by Merrimao Company to accept 8 position as director of develop- IIoxnrd. Greatly intefested in public affairs, he served as chairman of ment and research for the Grasselli Chemical Company of Cleveland, Ohio. He served that concern for six years. Still act.ively the Public Utilities Committee of the Boston Chamber of Comengaged in a consulting capacity, he makes his headquarters a t merw and later as chairman of the Foreign Trade Committee of the Cleveland Chamher of Commerce. Ho is a t present a director his home in Newport, R. I. Whether a love for the sea and things nautical harks back to of the United States Chamber of Commerce and recently was &p his pioneer ancest,or, Abraham Howard of Marblehead, Mass., or pointed member of the Joint Canadian-American Committee is duo to the fact that his boyhood was largely devoted to exploring whose object is to bring about closer relations between Canada the waters of Massachuaetbs Bay, his ruling passion has been and and the Tinited States. Throughout his career, Howard has been actively interested in still is yachts and yachting. Few men have contributed more than he to the development of an interest in yncht racing, not, ociation work for t.he benefit of the chemical industry. For merely as a sport and recroation, but from a scientific p i n t of many yearsa member of the Manufacturing Chemists Association view and as a means of improving our international reht.ions. of t,he United States, he rendered signal service as chairman of the As % skillful yachtsman and expert navigator, Howard is widely Executive Committee and president. Ife is a member and past president,, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; member known in this country and abroad. Many years ago he joined the Eastern Yacht Club of MarblD and past vice president., American Electrochemical Society; SoCHEMICAL head and, as one of the younger members, sailed his thirty-foot chairman of the Patent Committee, AMERICAN cutter Elf. The idea occurring that a cruise from Marblehead to CIETY;member, National Foreign Tradc Council. Perhaps Howard‘s outstanding eharacterietic is energy. His Helifax would be an interesting experience, he proceeded t o nrrange such a trip. One Saturday evening in July, 1893, in com- reservoir of power seems to be inexhaustible m d he is an indcp m y wit,h another yachting enthwiast and with two men before fatigable worker, yet this does not imply t,hat he has no time for the ma.st, Skipper Howard set sail from Marblehead ond laid a recreation. A8 a matter of fact, many of his interests are in the course for Cape Sable. For thirty-six Iiours t.he litt,le craft ran nature of hobbies and serve RS B relaxation from strictly profesSALMON W. WILDER before a gale witn her smell boat lashed to the deck to prevent it,S sional work.
Through an wror, the hotograph on page 1133 of the October, 1933, issue referring to t& article by H. M. Caster on “Application of Conductivity Measurement of Nitric Acid Concentration
to Plant Control” [IND. ENG.CWEM.,25, 980 (1933) 1 is titled “U. 8. Naval Gun Factory, Indian Head, Md.” instead of “U. 8. Naval Powder Factory.”
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