Jonathan Howe
| Jonathan T. Howe | |
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ADM Jonathan Howe (official photo)
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| Born |
August 24, 1935 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1957 - 1992 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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| Commands held | USS Berkeley (DDG-15) Destroyer Squadron 31 Cruiser-Destroyer Group 3 US Naval Forces Europe Allied Forces Southern Europe |
| Awards |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (6) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Defense Superior Service Medal National Security Medal |
| Other work | U.N. Special Representative for Somalia President, Arthur Vining Davis Foundation |
Jonathan Trumbull Howe (born August 24, 1935) is a retired four-star United States Navy Admiral, and was the Special Representative for Somalia to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from March 9, 1993, succeeding Ismat Kittani from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994. Howe was also the former Deputy National Security Advisor in the first Bush Administration. He currently is Executive Director of The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Howe is a 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and earned M.A., M.A.L.D. (Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy), and Ph.D. degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University from 1968-1969. He retired from the United States Navy in 1992.
Howe's Naval commands include the USS Berkeley (DDG-15) (1974–1975), Destroyer Squadron 31 (1977–1978), and Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three (1984–1986). His other assignments include Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969–1974), Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (1975–1977), Chief of Staff of the Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan (1978–1980), Senior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1981 to 1982, Director of the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs from 1982 to 1984, Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium (1986–1987), Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1987–1989). From May 1989 he served simultaneously as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe and Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Following that assignment, he was named Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, succeeding Robert M. Gates when he moved on to become CIA director.
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