JOHN L. HOWLAND ’35

JOHN L. HOWLAND, 95, who was counsel for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation for nearly 30 years, died May 11, 2009. The son of Leroy A. Howland of the class of 1900 and the brother of the late Leroy A. Howland Jr. ’31, he received his degree with honors and with high distinction in government. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. For many years he was secretary of the class of 1935. After receiving his law degree from Harvard University, he was associated with a law firm before joining the U.S. Army during WWII, serving at the Pentagon with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He later served as associate general counsel for acquisition with the Air Force during the Korean War. At Westinghouse, which he joined in 1953 as assistant general counsel, he worked to improve the acquisition process and policies for major weapon systems. He retired as counsel for government affairs. His wife, Jane Snyder Howland, died in 1998; there are no immediate survivors.