title: Robert F. Howard
text: # Robert F. Howard
  
  Robert F. Howard (1883-1963) was an educator, pecan farmer, and cattle-rancher who founded the FarmHouse college fraternity.
  
  Howard attended the University of Missouri, where he was one of seven founding members of FarmHouse fraternity in 1905. He received a B.S. in Agriculture from the school in 1908. He received a M.S. in Agriculture 1912 while teaching at the University of Nebraska.
  
  Howard was a professor and chairman of the Department of Horticulture at the University of Nebraska from 1914-24 after teaching previously at the University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  
  He moved to Wharton, Texas, in 1924, where he ran a 2,000-acre (8 $km^2)$ ranch with cattle and thousands of pecan trees. He was involved in many local and statewide civic organizations and initiatives in Texas for the last 40 years of his life.
  
  