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October 16, 2007
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Council Bluffs, Iowa, native Roger Howland,
now of Blair, Neb., was honored Friday night at Dana College
for both his outstanding career as a Dana College wrestler
and his devotion as a Dana College athletic booster.
Howland, a 1964 graduate of Dana, was inducted in the Dana College
Athletic Hall of Fame as the Vikings’ first-ever four-year
letterman in wrestling as a member of the college’s first
wrestling team. He was a two-time winner of the Tri-State Conference
wrestling tournament and was undefeated in 1962.
Along with Herb Knudsen ’63 and Ernie Abariotes ’65,
Howland served as a student coach to help establish the wrestling
program at Dana.
He was a member of the D-Club and the Society for the Advancement
of Management. As secretary of the D-Club, he was honored to
present Jesse Owens with an honorary membership in the Viking
D-Club.
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Since then, the Blair businessman has remained involved with Dana
athletics and has been one the most active and generous supporters
of the Dana wrestling program. He is also a strong member of the
Viking Booster Club.
Abariotes, still a good friend of Howland’s and a current volunteer assistant
coach of Dana wrestling, presented the award. “Roger has always supported
Dana wrestling,” Abariotes said. “When called upon, he has always
been there for us.”
“ You can’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands,” Howland
said. “You have to be able to throw back, and that’s what we’ve
tried to do.”
In 2005, Howland was inducted into the Dana College Wrestling Hall of Fame. He
and his wife, Linda (Anderson ’65), were honored at the 2005 commencement
with the College-Community Service Award, Dana’s highest nonacademic honor.
They have two sons, Nathan and Eric.
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For
more information,
contact:
Carrie L. Reed, Director of College Relations
and Marketing,
402-426-7385, creed@dana.edu
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