Howe, Herbert Crombie, 1872-1940

H. C. Howe attended Cornell from 1889 to 1901, receiving a Bachelor of Litterature degree in 1893. From 1893 to 1895, he was a Sage Scholar in Philosophy, receiving a B.A. degree in 1896. He served as Secretary to Cornell President Jacob Gould Schurman from 1895 to 1901. In 1901, he was appointed Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Oregon, from 1904 to 1925, he was head of the Department of English at Oregon and from 1925 to his death in 1940, Professor of English. His papers are in the University of Oregon Archives.

The Howe family is comprised of Henry Clay Howe (1832-1889) and his wife Letitia, their son Herbert C. Howe (1872-1940) and daughter Lillian Howe.

Henry Clay Howe (Herbert's father) was a graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., read law, was an attorney in Fulton, N.Y., an active Republican, a supporter of Frank Hiscock for U. S. Senator, and a member of the New York Assembly, 1885-1887.

Herbert C. Howe (1872-1940) was born in Fulton, N.Y., and educated at Fulton Academy and Cornell University. From 1894 to 1900 he was a graduate scholar at Cornell and assistant to Jacob Gould Schurman, third president of Cornell. In 1901 he came to the University of Oregon as assistant professor of English and remained until 1940; from 1904 to 1925 Howe was head of the Department of English.

Lillian Howe (Herbert's sister) was a student at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, West Albany, N.Y. from 1879 to 1881, and from 1882 to 1884 a student at Houghton Academy, Clinton, N.Y. She later worked in the Boston Public Library, was on the editorial staff of Mentor, and was a secretary for the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers, Boston.