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Article: OBITUARIES
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- The Washington Post
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- January 21, 1988
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GEORGE FREDERICK HOWE, 86, a retired senior historian of the
National Security Agency who also had worked for the Interior
Department and written official Army historical works, died of cancer
Jan. 18 at Georgetown University Hospital. He lived in Washington
and Harrisville, N.H.
Dr. Howe joined the NSA in 1954 as its first official historian.
He supervised the compilation of classified histories and helped
organize and establish a history program to ensure the collection of
NSA activities. He retired from full-time work in 1971, but
continued to work on agency projects until finally retiring in 1983.
He also was the author of the technical works and several books,
including "Chester ...