Lieutenant George Plummer Howe '00, Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, of Boston, was killed in action on September 28, while on duty with the British forces in France. Lieutenant Howe is the son of Dr. O. T. Howe '73, of Lawrence, and after graduating from the University in 1900 entered the medical profession.
He has made a number of trips into the Arctic with famous explorers, including MacMillan, Stefansson, W. B. Cabot and Nikkelsson, and he has become one of the acknowledged authorities on northern exploration.
He was rated high, too, in the medical world, and gained note through his original thought and research work. A few years ago he made an important trip into Yucatan, Central America, in connection with his medical investigations, specializing in ethnology.
His first trip north was as surgeon for the Anglo-American expedition into the Arctic 12 years ago. Nikkelsson was in command and with him was Stefansson.
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