12 Facts About Jonathan Howe

Jonathan Trumbull Howe was born on August 24,1935 and is a retired four-star United States Navy admiral.

Jonathan Howe was the Special Representative for Somalia to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from March 9,1993, succeeding Ismat Kittani from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994.

Jonathan Howe was President of The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

Jonathan Howe is a 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and earned Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University from 1968 to 1969.

Jonathan Howe served simultaneously as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples, Italy, and Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe starting in May 1989.

Jonathan Howe retired from the United States Navy in 1992.

On July 12,1993, Jonathan Howe oversaw the event Somalis call Bloody Monday.

Jonathan Howe claimed that the mission took out a "very key terrorist planning cell" and that no civilians were killed.

Jonathan Howe is the author of the 1971 book Multicrises: Seapower and Global Politics in the Missile Age.

Jonathan Howe served as chairman of the board of Fleet Landing, and was a past president of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville.

Admiral Howe was married to Dr Harriet Mangrum Howe, whom he met in high school; her father, Richard C Mangrum, was a US Marine Corps general and served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Admiral Jonathan Howe has six grown children and currently resides in Florida.