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Howard Hollis Callaway (April 2, 1927 [2] – March 15, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. [3] [4] He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd district of Georgia. [2] He also served as the 11th United States Secretary of the Army.
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- 1949–1952
- Early Life
- Political Career
- Return to Callaway Gardens
Howard Hollis Callaway was the third child of Virginia Hollis Hand, of Pelham, and Cason Jewell Callaway. Born in LaGrangeon April 2, 1927, Callaway attended public schools in LaGrange and Hamilton and graduated from a private high school in Virginia. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technologyin Atlantain 1944-45 and graduated from the U.S. Mi...
In the state’s Democratic bifactional politics in the 1950s and early 1960s, Callaway had supported the Eugene Talmadgefaction. He switched to the Republican Party in 1964 and actively supported Republican presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater. In the same year he also ran for public office for the first time, winning a congressional race. Call...
Callaway returned to Callaway Gardens in 1993 and served as chair of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation Board of Trustees. His other business activities included membership on numerous corporate boards. He also served as vice president of the state chamber of commerce, president and chief executive officer of Interfinancial, Inc., and international ...
Mar 16, 2014 · Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway, Sr., died Saturday in Columbus. He was 86. The son of the late Cason and Virginia Callaway, co-founders of Callaway Gardens, was Chairman Emeritus of the...
Mar 16, 2014 · COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Howard “Bo” Callaway Sr., a former Georgia congressman, Army secretary and one of the founders of Callaway Gardens, died Saturday. He was 86. Callaway died at an assisted-living facility in Columbus from complications from a brain hemorrhage he suffered about two years ago, said Rachel Crumbley, a Callaway Gardens spokeswoman.
Mar 16, 2014 · COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Howard "Bo" Callaway Sr., a former Georgia congressman, Army secretary and one of the founders of Callaway Gardens, died Saturday. He was 86. Callaway died at an...
Mar 16, 2014 · Howard "Bo" Callaway Sr., a former Georgia congressman, Army secretary and one of the founders of Callaway Gardens, died Saturday. He was 86. Callaway died at an assisted-living facility...
Mar 15, 2014 · Callaway died Saturday at the age of 86, nearly two years after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. "It is with a heavy heart that I share that my father, Bo Callaway, passed away this...
