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John Joseph Howard, Jr., 71, of Springfield, passed away on Tuesday. He was born in Worcester and moved to Springfield at the age of 10. He attended Lincoln School, Chestnut Junior High School and graduated top of his class from Springfield Technical High School in 1957. Howard graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute in 1961 with a bachelor of science degree, and in 1963 he earned his master's degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He worked for GE in Pittsfield, before beginning a teaching career, during which he taught at UMass, Mitchell Junior College, Western New England College, Springfield and Greenfield Community College.
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