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September, 1948
Howard, a great Bible student, is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He was born in Toronto, but his fam' ily moved to the United States while he was still young. He graduated from the University of Texas as a Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and instructed in the engineering school there for a year before joining Waddell 5? Hedrick, a Kansas City engineering firm.
Much of his early work in bridge design came in repairing damage caused by a flood of the Kaw River in 1903, and he had many large structures to his credit by the time he went to the engineering corps of the Army as a captain in World War I. Rapidly, the reputation of this young engineer spread. His first employer, Dr. J. A. L. Waddell, originated and built the first vertical lift bridge. Howard developed the design further, recommended it, and has had the satisfaction of seeing it become a well established and widely used structure. Several years ago, he was av/arded the Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize for his technical paper on vertical lift bridges.
In 1939, he received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Nebraska.
An unusually scholarly person, Mr. Howard is a student of early civilizations. He has combined his profession with his hobby of archeology, to become a recognized authority on engineering, design, and city planning throughout the centuries. Field trips to Egypt, Europe, and Asia Minor have furnished him material for several treatises which are lightened by his quiet, dry wit.
Friends say that Howard, who collects objects of art, has an unerring sense of classic beauty which is evident in the design of his bridges. The Passaic River Bridge at Newark, designed by the firm, received a first place award as the most beautiful movable bridge built in 1941.
But to the artistic imagination bridge design requires, several decades as a practical engineer have brought tempering qualities. They have outfitted the dreamer with tools, and made Ernest Howard thoughtful, judicial, thorough. They have fitted him ideally, in fact, for his post as legal head of a young but great university.
At that university, the careful planning of a good designer is apparent as yet one more autumn bears the clear strains of Alma Mater.
"Yep,'" said Grandpa, "newspapers are just like women."" "But, Gramp,'' questioned his college grandson, "I don't get it. What do you mean?"
"Well, son," said Grandpa, "it's like this. They both have forms, back numbers are not in demand, they always have the last word, they are well worth looking over, they have a great deal of influence, you can't believe all they say, there's small demand for the bold-faced type, and every man should have one of his own and not borrow his neighbor's."
"Why is it that the fussiest women can hold on to the best of servants?" asked the lady of the house of her cook in a moment of confidence.
"Ah, there you go with your compliments again, ma'am," rephed the pleased cook, "but I'm sure I don't know."