Charles Andrew Howell III
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Charles Andrew Howell III (December 30, 1930 – October 27, 2011) was an American businessman and politician who was involved in historic preservation projects in Tennessee.[1]
The son of Charles A. Howell Jr. and Helen Johnson Buchanan Howell, Howell was born in Brentwood, Tennessee, and raised in Nashville. He was a graduate of Walter Stokes School and Hillsboro High School. After graduating from Hillsboro, he attended The University of the South at Sewanee (class of '53) where he joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity. The following year Howell attended David Lipscomb College prior to enlisting in the 105th Fighter Squadron of the Air National Guard. His squadron was activated in early 1951 and he spent the next 18 months on active duty. While on active duty, Howell took classes in radio broadcasting. Upon release from duty, he worked briefly at WKSR (AM) in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Howelllater re-enrolled at Lipscomb. Shortly after, he met Julie Harb and followed her to Los Angeles when she moved there with her family. He attended George Pepperdine College there and married Harb on June 10, 1954.
Career
Upon his return to Nashville, Howell entered the family construction business with his father, Charles A. Howell Jr.[2] His career in construction spanned the years 1954 until 1979 when he joined the administration of Governor Lamar Alexander as Assistant Commissioner of Finance and Administration, Commissioner of Conservation, State Historic Preservation Officer, Chairman of the Oil and Gas Board, Officer of the National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers and Conservator of The Capitol.[3]
Politics
Howell was elected to the First Metropolitan Council (1962–65), ran on the Barry Goldwater ticket in 1964 for Public Service Commission, elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives (1968–70) where his seatmate and mentor was Representative Dr. Harold Bradley, a Democrat. He ran on the Republican ticket for the Tennessee State Senate but lost the election to Senator Douglas Henry, a Democrat. Howell was an elector for the 1988 presidential election.
After Governor Alexander's tenure completed in 1987, Howell renewed his interest in Trust For The Future, the organization he had founded earlier. He also regained interest in Republican politics and was elected to the Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee.[4] He later resigned. In 2000 he sought election to the county office of Assessor of Property.
After retiring from the state government, Howell accepted an offer to lead the Cumberland Museums during a time of expansion and the construction of a new wildlife park for this region. When reviewing the plans for the new construction projects he discovered some environmental issues and organized the Tennessee Initiative for Environmental Sensitivity in Construction (TIES). In May 1990, he produced a conference in Washington including speakers who were leaders in their respective parts of the construction industry, the environment and public policymakers.