Education

BSEE, Bucknell University, 1960; MBA, University of Pennsylvania, 1962; DBA, Harvard University, 1966. At Tuck since 2000.

Current Research Topics

Professor Howell is currently researching corporate governance practices. His earlier research focused on new approaches to cost and profit management, the changing role of the finance executive, and the importance of free cash flows to value creation.

Consulting

Professor Howell has run his own consulting firm for over 35 years. His clients have included General Electric, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Caterpillar, Boeing, Hallmark, AT&T, and Nestlé.

Awards

RCA David Sarnoff Fellowship Award, 1963, 1964; John P. Stevens Award, Harvard University, 1964; Certificate in Management Accounting #19, 1973; NYU Excellence in Teaching Award, 1989; NYU Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Award, 1994, 1995, 1999; Thunderbird Outstanding Teaching Award, 1996, 1997.

Publications

Professor Howell's thoughts and writings have appeared in publications including Harvard Business Review, Management Accounting, Business Horizons, Emerging Practices in Cost Management, The Handbook of Cost Management, Fortune, Financial Executive, and Financial Times.

Background

In addition to his work at Tuck, Professor Howell has held professorial appointments at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland; Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management; New York University; and Harvard Business School.

Professor Howell has led a series of study missions for senior executives to both U.S. and Japanese companies, has organized executive roundtables, and has twice served as technical advisor to Fortune's Annual CFO Conference.

Professor Howell has served as CFO of two publicly-traded consumer product companies. He has also been a director of public and private corporations; the chair of an audit committee; and a trustee of a private college and a leadership institute.