Edward H. Howell

Edward Howell was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 1, 1915.[1] The family later moved to The Dalles, Oregon, where Edward graduated from The Dalles High School.[1] He then went to college, followed by law school. Howell graduated in 1940 from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.[1] Then with the onset of World War II he joined the United States Army where he served as an intelligence officer in the Aleutian Islands.[1] He married Jane Howell and they had three daughters.[1]

In 1949, Howell began his judicial career when he was appointed to Oregon’s 11th Judicial Career.[1] On February 19, 1965, Howell was appointed by Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield to the Oregon Tax Court to replace Peter M. Gunnar who had resigned.[2] He served on this single-judge court until resigning on May 31, 1970.[2] On June 1, 1970, he was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor Tom McCall to replace William C. Perry who had resigned from the bench.[3][4] Howell was elected to a full six-year term later in 1970 and then re-elected in 1976.[3] He resigned from the court on November 30, 1980.[3]

Edward H. Howell died in Salem, Oregon, on March 29, 1994, of cancer and was buried at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in The Dalles, Oregon.[1]

• The Oregon History Project: Christmas Valley Lodge, 1962