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Subject: MGEN WILLIAM ARNOLD HOWARD, CM , CMM, CD, LL.B., QC 1918-2005
Sirs, Ladies and Gentlemen, on behalf of the Director of Armour, it is my sad duty to
inform you of the passing of MGen (Ret'd) Howard this morning in Calgary.
Funeral arrangements will be confirmed, but it is expected to occur Monday or Tuesday of
next week (20 or 21 June) in Calgary. I will advise via these means once confirmation is
received as well as any details I receive regarding donations, flowers, expressions of
sympathy, etc. The King's Own Calgary Regiment has the lead with regard to the
funeral and maintaining contact with the Howard family. Official notification will be
made through LFWA and forwarded to NDHQ. A biographical sketch follows.
Cmdt's Secy CLFCSC: Please distr on our Kingston Black Hat list.
Worthy,
C.K. (Chris) Catry
Major
DAT 3-2 (Armour)/DIAT 3-2 (Arme blindée)
SSO Armour / OSEM Arme blindée
telephone: (613) 541-5010 extn 4832 (CSN: 271-4832)
fax: (613) 541-4460
email: catry.ck(a)forces.gc.ca
Visit our DIN site at / Visitez notre site RID à:
http://armyonline.army.mil.ca/LFDTS/143000440000223/
Counsel to the law firm of Howard, Mackie 1000 Canterra Tower, 400 Third Avenue Southwest,
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 4H2.
Past Director of Bow Valley Industries Ltd., Ranchmen's Resources (1976) Ltd., SNC
Group Inc., MEDIS Western Inc., Trilogy Resource Corporation and CANA Limited.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, October 19, 1918, son of the late Horace and Elizabeth (Johnson)
Howard.
Educated in Calgary public Schools (Earl Grey/King Edward/Western Canada) and the
University of Alberta, (B.A. 1940, LL.B., 1941) member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity).
Read law with W.H. McLaws, Q.C., Calgary, called to the Bar of Alberta, 1942 and created
Q.C. 1955. Commenced the practice of his profession with McLaws, Cairns and McLaws,
Calgary, 1946; associated with J.M. Cairns (later the Honourable Mr. Justice J.M. Cairns)
as Cairns & Howard, 1947-51; Mahaffy & Howard, 1951-57; Senior Partner Howard,
Mackie, 1958 to 1993, currently Counsel to Howard, Mackie. Member of Calgary Bar
Association (Past President); Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of Alberta.
Prior to enlisting in the active service, had been a member of Canadian Officers Training
Corps (University of Alberta) and subsequently a member of 15th Alberta Light Horse and
The Calgary Regiment. Enlisted in the active service as a Lieutenant with Royal Canadian
Armoured Corps in 1942 (31st Alberta Reconnaissance Regiment), served overseas from
January 1945 to August 1946; gazetted Captain 1944, on discharge from Canadian active
Service Forces joined The King's Own Calgary Regiment (Militia) in October 1954 became
Commanding Officer of the King's Own Calgary Regiment in October 1954; subsequently
appointed Commander 22 Militia Group in 1961 and appointed Brigadier in 1963; appointed
Militia Advisor (Western Canada) to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves) on
January 1, 1965, Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa 1965; appointed Major General,
Reserves, Advisor on Reserves to Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Forces Headquarters,
Ottawa on January 19, 1970; Chai!
rman of the Conference of Defence Associations, 1970; Colonel Commandant, Royal Canadian
Army Cadets, 1973 to 1978; Honorary Colonel, King's Own Calgary Regiment 1973 to 1987,
Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps 1987 to 1990, Past President and
Life Member of the Royal Alberta United Services Institute, Chairman of the Board of the
McLaurin Foundation for Hearing Deficiencies, Past Chairman (Alberta) of the National
Employers Support Committee Department of National Defence, Life Member of the Army Cadet
League of Canada, Past Chairman of the Calgary Police Commission (1976-82).
Past Chairman of the Fund Development Committee, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary;
Chairman of Board of Governors, Canadian Corps of Commissioners (Southern Alberta),
1989-91; National Governor 1992 to date, Member, Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation;
a Director of Calgary Military Museums Society; a Director of Calgary Police Museum
Society; a Director (Alberta) Council for Canadian Unity, Past President, Sir Winston
Churchill (Society) Calgary; a Director of Senator Stan Waters Memorial Foundation; Member
of Ranchmen's Club, Calgary Golf & Country Club, Glencoe Club, Royal Canadian
Military Institute (Toronto), Royal Alberta United Services Institute (Calgary).
Married Margaret Elizabeth Hannah, daughter of the late George A. and Mary Hannah, April
8, 1950; has one son John Arnold and two daughters, Mary Louise and Barbara Joanne. One
son, William George, died in Malaysia in 1975 whilst serving with Canadian University
Students Overseas (CUSO).
Member of the Order of Canada, Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Canadian Forces
Decoration, Queen's Council.