Early Years
James G. Howes was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to James Harold and Edna Esther (Lowman) Howes. He is the grandson of Rev G. E. Lowman and related by marriage to Walter Balderson. His early childhood interest in the transportation industry was sparked by watching the local Baltimore television program of the 1950s about the maritime shipping industry, The Port That Built A City, hosted by Helen Delich Bentley, and Arthur Godfrey's televised anecdotes about flying. After attending Towson High School, he graduated in 1967 from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation. In 1969, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. While an undergraduate, Howes received an Air Force ROTC scholarship, going on active duty from 1969 to 1972 as a traffic management officer at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. He was discharged as a captain. He served as an intern for United States Senator Joseph Tydings from 1965 to 1968.
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