What is John Howes?
[[File:John Forman Howes at the Conferment of Decoration by the Government of Japan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Howes in 2003]] '''John Forman Howes''' [[Order of the Rising Sun|ORS]] (June 19, 1924 &ndash; February 4, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://viaf.org/processed/LC%7Cn%20%2079053377 |title=LC authority record |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216055649/http://viaf.org/processed/LC |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American educator. He was the Professor of Asian Studies at the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC) for over 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asia.ubc.ca/group/emeriti/?s&alphabet&orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&profile_cct_faculty_title&profile_cct_student_degree_type&profile_cct_specialization_area&post_type=profile_cct |title=Department of Asian Studies Emeriti Directory |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104090959/http://asia.ubc.ca/group/emeriti/?s&alphabet&orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&profile_cct_faculty_title&profile_cct_student_degree_type&profile_cct_specialization_area&post_type=profile_cct |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. In 2003, Howes was awarded the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] by the [[Emperor of Japan]] for his outstanding contributions to the Canada-Japan community. After retirement from UBC, he taught at [[Obirin University]], near Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asia.ubc.ca/people1/john-howes/ |title=A Bio of Dr Howes by Roy Starrs of Union College |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2015-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713224344/http://www.asia.ubc.ca/people1/john-howes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Howes died on February 4, 2017 in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], aged 92. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Howes, John}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of British Columbia]] [[Category:Writers from Chicago]] {{US-bio-stub}}