Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926
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 1876 Diary, 1876
Diary for 1876, when he was a graduate student in astronomy at the University of Cincinnati, working with the 11-inch refractor at the Cincinnati Observatory, which had recently been moved to Mt. Lookout. The observations in the diary include his observations on the weather, his thoughts on religion, and working on the Luttle's comet. He also writes about the discovery of new stars that he observes and some social functions and gatherings he attended.
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