Howard Owens Guess was born in 1932 in Norfolk, Virginia and attended schools there. In 1950 he joined the United States Air Force. Following his armed service he attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. After graduating in 1957 he took a job with the accounting firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he began working with the accounts of several Pew family members and the Glenmede Trust Company. In 1960 Guess joined the Estate of J.N. Pew, Deceased, a firm that handled the personal financial affairs of the founders of the Glenmede Trust Company the the Pew Charitable Trusts. Upon the deaths of J. Howard Pew and Mabel Pew Myrin in late 1971 and early 1972 that firm was closed and Mary Ethel Pew and other family members created the firm of Howard Guess, Agent to handle family business. In 1980 that firm's name changed to Howard Guess Associates. Guess joined the board of the Glenmede Trust Company in 1969 serving as treasurer his first four or five years. He continued serving on the Glenmede board through the time of this interview. He was also on the board of the Kimberton Farms School. Guess is a Baptist and resides in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey.
From the description of Oral history interviews with Howard O. Guess, 1990. (Pew Charitable Trusts Library). WorldCat record id: 62248760
From the description of Oral history interviews with Howard O. Guess, 1990. (Pew Charitable Trusts Library). WorldCat record id: 164067013
