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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 72 Collections and/or Records:

President William Howard Taft at University of Denver, 1911 October 11

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00025
Abstract

William Howard Taft speaks from a stage. Seated behind him amongst a group of men are visible chancellor Henry Buchtel and Herbert A. Howe.

Dates: 1911 October 11

University of Denver Professor and Administrator Herbert A. Howe, between 1891-1926

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Identifier: M010.02.0002.0011.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) administrator and Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics Herbert Alonzo Howe poses for a formal portrait in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1891-1926

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