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Buffalo Grove, Ill. Mr. Howard eventually
served as president and chairman of the
board at Edward Hines. In addition, he
served on the board of the First National
Bank of Winnetka, president of the North-
east Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, and chairman and CEO of
Southern Mineral Company, which did
oil and gas exploration.
Mr. Howard had a fierce love of the
natural world. From hunting and fishing
at a family ranch on the Shoshone River
near Cody, Wyo., to boating and birding at
his home in Captiva, Fla., Mr. Howard was
happiest in the outdoors.
Mr. Howard is survived by his wife of
62 years, Mimi; their six children, Howell
H. III, Mark, Lynn Howard Hurley, Paul,
Doug, and Deeda; 13 grandchildren; and
three sisters.
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Einar Ostgaard
who escaped Norway with the royal family
during WWII and attended St. Paul’s prior
to returning to his home country, died on
September 21, 2012, at the age of 83.
Born in Oslo, Norway, on June 6, 1929,
he was the son of Nikolai Ramm Ostgaard,
Norwegian military officer and aide-de-
camp for Crown Prince Olav of Norway,
and Ragni Ostgaard, lady-in-waiting to
Crown Princess Martha of Norway. After
escaping the war-torn country with the
royal family in 1940, Mr. Ostgaard, the
youngest of four siblings, attended the
Slade School in Olney, Md., for three years
before he began at SPS as a Fourth Former
in the fall of 1944. He enjoyed singing with
the Glee Club, among other activities.
Upon his graduation, he returned to
Oslo, where he began university with a
focus on governmental studies and later
completed a magistrate degree in Paris.
Throughout his career, Mr. Ostgaard
worked as a freelance writer, teacher, and
author on the subject of media and press
governance, writing several books on the
topic. He also spent time as head of the
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
Never forgetting his time spent in Millville,
and always looking to keep his connec-
tion with the School, he visited as a guest
lecturer in 1975.
In more recent years, Mr. Ostgaard
completed two historical books covering
the escape and years in exile of King
Haakon and the royal family, including
insights that shed new light on that part
of Norwegian history. Over the years he
kept well in touch with several of his SPS
classmates but was saddened to have
missed his reunion in 2012 due to illness.
Mr. Ostgaard is survived by his son,
Michael R. Ostgaard, and his daughter,
Kaja Ostgaard.
1950
John W. Stokes II
of Southport,
Conn., and
Saunderstown,
R.I., died Decem-
ber 31, 2012. He
was 80 years old.
Born June 7,
1932 to Walter
Stokes of the
Form of 1903 and
Frances Kemble Wister Stokes, he grew up
in the Philadelphia suburb of St. David’s,
Pa. Mr. Stokes was the grandson of writer
Owen Wister of the Form of 1877, best
known for his novel The Virginian . He
was also a descendant of William Ellery, a
signer of the Declaration of Independence
from Rhode Island; Pierce Butler, a signer
of the Constitution from South Carolina;
the Rev. William Ellery Channing, the
founder of Unitarianism in the U.S.; and
Fanny Kemble, an influential abolitionist
and renowned actress.
Mr. Stokes attended Haverford School in
Pennsylvania before enrolling at St. Paul’s
in 1946. Though he admitted to having a
difficult start adjusting during his Third
Form year (with a harsher New England
climate, new formmates, and a demand-
ing curriculum) he nevertheless came to
view his years at St. Paul’s as “a broaden-
ing experience, which certainly prepared
me well for college and the years ahead.”
He loved the club sports system and was
active in football, baseball, hockey, tennis,
and crew. He was a member of the SPS
Gym Team, served as Chapel warden and
editor of the Pelican , and belonged to the
Scientific Association, the Missionary
Society, the Acolyte’s Guild, the Dramatic
Club, and the Glee Club. He served as a
form agent from 2009 to 2010 and was a
member of the John Hargate Society.
Mr. Stokes went on to Harvard, gradu-
ating in 1954. He served in the U.S. Navy
as a Lieutenant J.G. from 1954 to 1956 and
continued his education at Harvard Busi-
ness School, receiving his M.B.A. in 1958.
He married Alice (Alloe) Hayward Enos
on December 14, 1963, and the couple had
three children: Walter, Ellery, and Anne.
Mr. Stokes worked for the New York
advertising firm of Young & Rubicam on
Madison Avenue for most of his 30-year
career and rose to the rank of senior vice
president. Following Y&R, he co-founded
a digital switched networking company,
TeleImage, Ltd., which sped the move-
ment of advertising production materials
through the creative process. When he
sold his share of the company, Mr. Stokes
retired briefly, but was invited to join
Nordeman Grimm, a high-end executive
search company. After five years with
that company, he retired for good in 1999.
In his retirement, Mr. Stokes became
involved with the U.S. Naval War College
in Newport, R.I., and was honored with
commendations for his work by three of
the college’s presidents. In addition, he
served as president of the Downtown
Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, Conn, and
on the board of Eagle Hill School in South-
port. He was a member of the board of
governors of the Dunes Club in Narra-
gansett, R.I., where a service award was
established in his honor.
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