About Ken Howland
Ken Howland's life is one of dedication to education, health care, national defense and the pursuit of peace through the avoidance of a nuclear holocaust.
Ken grew up on a farm south of Rochester and learned the work ethic and about suffering at an early age; his mother passed away from cancer and the family moved to Irondequoit. Four years later, he graduated from East High School in Rochester, New York.
Ken's father worked in the Defense Industry almost all of his adult life, first as a toolmaker in aircraft production at Curtis-Wright,
then training toolmakers for which he received a War Production Award. Later, he worked on top secret sonar production for nuclear submarines.
Ken learned early
1] have the best
defense system
2] obtain the best education
possible and
3] always keep thinking.
Ken worked his way through Michigan State University; his summer employment involved top secret anti-anti radar production. Later, he worked in cancer research at Strong Memorial Hospital.
A major influence in college involved living in a co-op that included foreign students. The Nigerians were celebrating their recently gained independence; the Iranian was on a nuclear physics scholarship and did not like the Shah who was installed by the C.I.A..
These relationships opened Ken’s eyes to the global community and to the United States’ role in global affairs.Welcome to our campaign web site. In the next several weeks we will be rebuilding kenhowlandforcongress.com to be my online headquarters. In the meantime, you can get involved in the campaign right away by contributing and volunteering.
Your support will be critical in this race!
It is Time for a Change!
Ken Howland - A Veteran, An Educator
Snapshots from Ken's Photo Albums
Ken learned a great deal from foreign students in the co-op where he lived while working his way through Michigan State University. The Nigerians were celebrating their recently gained Independence from Great Britain.
Ken worked hard on the John Kerry Campaign; previously, he worked on congressional campaigns and ran for County Legislature. His main expertise is in the area of foreign policy. That is why his focus has been on congressional races and politics at the federal level since that is where our foreign policy is made.
Two years later,
Ken found himself in uniform and soon began to suspect that the war in Vietnam was mainly about the Vietnamese struggle for independence. When the U.S. would not help, Ho Chi Minh turned to the Russians both in 1919 and in 1945
The Iranian nuclear physics student taught Ken how much he despised the Shah's totalitarian monarchy, which was installed when the C.I.A. engineered a coups in Iran.
Ken spoke to the Rotary group when he ran for Congress during the Iranian Hostage Crisis; two years earlier, as the advisor to his high school’s Model U.N. group, Ken coached his students to advocate a change in the U.S. foreign policy at a Model United Nations Conference. The student chairman went on to West Point.
Recently, Ken revisited a wall in Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Meade, Maryland. The Medical Medal of Honor Wall features about a dozen (mostly young) medical corpsmen who were killed while serving our country. There is a description beneath each picture of heroic action. Ken dedicates this campaign to their memory, to our current military and to the youth of the nation
Ken has enthusiastic family support and believes in starting them young. He started the Lecture Series at West Genesee High School on the Threat of Nuclear War and arranged for local politicians of both parties to present their positions to the students. A high point early in Ken's career was having the outstanding County Executive John Mulroy speak to the students.
Biographical Resume
Born: May 23, 1938 in Rochester N.Y.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Michigan State University 1961,
Master of Arts in Government and Politics,
University of Maryland 1970,
Education Certification, S.U.N.Y. Cortland 1971.
Family: wife Annette; 3 children
Career Experience:
General Dynamics-Anti-Anti Radar Production 1957& 58;
Strong Memorial Hospital - Cancer Research 1960 & 61;
San Francisco Medical Center - Population Stress Research 1962; U.S.Army Medical Laboratory, Kimbrough Army Hospital,
Fort Meade, Maryland 1963-5;
District of Columbia Health Department-
Rheumatic Fever Project - 1965;
Bureau of Government Research - University of Maryland-
Water Pollution Control & Tax Base Analysis - 1966;
West Genesee High School -
U.S.History and Global Studies - 1967-97;
Onondaga Community College -
Adjunct Government Instructor - 1970-1;
Independent advocate for International Teacher Training -
Athens Greece and Moscow Russia - 1997;
Substitute Teaching
Manlius Pebble Hill & Bishop Ludden High School - 1999 & 2000; University of Miami - Audited Classes on Latin America - 2001-2;
Independent Study - Middle East Policy;
Florida International University and Nova University -
Adjunct Lecturer on Foreign Affairs - 2004-5.
Contact Us:
215 East Lake Road
Port Byron, NY 13140
Phone: 315-776-8664
Cell: 315-430-4439
Ken and Annette enjoy family and community life,
dancing, travel and the
outdoors especially, hiking, swimming and
bicycling.
