Industry veteran Howard B. Vreeland, Sr., dies at age 87

-- Converting Magazine, 6/17/2008 11:32:00 AM

Howard B. Vreeland, Sr., age 87, died June 13 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan, OH. He was the owner and chairman emeritus of the Board of Directors for flexographic-printing and converting machinery provider Anderson-Vreeland Co. (www.andersonvreeland.com)

Howard was born on October 4, 1920, in Caldwell, NJ, the son of John Henry and Lulu Belle (Ward) Vreeland. He graduated from the Kingspoint Merchant Marine Academy in Long Island, NY, where he received his degree in Hydraulic Engineering. A Navy veteran of WWII, he married Alice T. Kennedy on December 14, 1945, three hours after his college graduation, in Long Island, NY.

Professionally, Howard was actively involved in the Flexographic Technical Assn. from its inception in 1959, as well as other graphic arts associations. He served as vice chairman of the Solicitation Committee of the FTA, chairman of the Board of Trustees, was a workshop head for two years and received the group’s President’s Award in May 2002. He was a former Director of the Graphic Preparatory Association (GPA), an association that awarded him its President’s Award in 1972. Howard also received the Marking Devices Assn.'s President’s Award and was a member of TAPPI.

Surviving are his three children, Alice L. Kuehner, Howard B. Vreeland, Jr., and Patricia L. Coon; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions in the name of Howard B. Vreeland, Sr., may be given to the Bryan Area Foundation or the American Diabetes Assn.