University of Virginia Library

RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF DOWELL JENNINGS HOWARD

On behalf of the special committee appointed on March 9th, Judge Smith
presented the following resolution

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, that in
the passing of Dowell Jennings Howard on 23 February 1957, the University and
the public schools of Virginia have suffered a deep and permanent loss.

A devoted servant of public education in Virginia since 1919, and for the
past seven years a member of this Board, Dowell Howard won and held the respect
of those who shared his generous labors, we here record our warm affection for
him and the sorrow which his death has brought to us.

As a soldier in time of war, and an unselfish leader in the affairs of his
Church and city, as in his unstinting services to the schools and colleges of
Virginia, Dowell Howard worked with the same unvarying integrity and sincerity
which made him a natural leader in his profession. The crisis in public
education that developed during his administration of Virginia's educational
system was met by him with a firm resolve to maintain and strengthen the public
schools. His devotion to his state and country and his buoyant confidence in
the Jeffersonian ideal of education as their democratic bulwark were never
shaken. We shall hold him in grateful memory.

The Board approved and adopted the foregoing resolution, and the Secretary
was directed to have copies put into suitable form and presented to Mrs. Howard
and her children.