Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926
Person
Biography
"Serving concurrently as director of Chamberlin Observatory, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and dean of the Graduate College throughout most of the 1890s, he added the duties of acting chancellor when Dr. [William Fraser] McDowell resigned in 1899." Herbert Howe served as acting chancellor from June 1899 to December 1899, when Henry Augustus Buchtel was appointed.
Citation:
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, pp. 80, 277.Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Herbert A. Howe 1910 Diary, 1910
Item
Identifier: M010.03.0004.00004
Abstract
Professor Howe's diary for 1910 recounts his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver (DU), entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, as well as his family and religious life. Special mention is made of: Howe's mother-in-law's death from pneumonia on January 29; his father-in-law, Joseph C. Shattuck coming to live with the Howes; the...
Dates:
1910