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       Dr. Howard was born and raised in a small community outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. After graduating from high school he attended Penn State University for 2 years before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed at Shaw A.F.B. in Semter, S.C. After being discharged from the service he received his B.S. degree in biology from the University of South Carolina. From there he returned to Pittsburgh where he worked selling pharmaceuticals for Ayerst Laboratories. In 1971 he entered the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentist Medicine. He received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (D.M.D.) in 1975 at which time he joined the U.S. Navy for 3 years. He spent 2 years in Chicago and his last year on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Constellation which was stationed in San Diego. After his separation from the Navy in 1978 he opened his practice the following year in Spring Valley where he has just celebrated his 25th anniversary at that location. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Johnna, and has four children- Paul, Kristy, Curtis and Kelly, and three grandchildren. He is an avid golfer and still roots for the Pittsburgh Steelers.