Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe, Sr. '87, a Pulitzer Prize winner and father of Law School professor Mark DeWolfe Howe, died at his son's home Tuesday night.

The 96-year-old "Dean of New England letters" had written six volumes of verse and ten other books, including a prize winning biography of Barret Wendell '01. He was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from the University in 1954, and served on the Board of Overseers.

Howe received A.B.'s from Lehigh in 1886 and from the College in 1887. In his varied writing career, he worked as assistant editor of the Atlantic, associate editor of Youth's Companion, editor of the Alumni Bulletin, and editor of the Graduate Magazine.

His first book, a collection of verse, was published about 1895, and his final volume 60 years later. Many of his works were biographies, including ones of Wendell, John Jay Chapman, Fredeick Pickering Cabot, James Ford Rhodes, and himself.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.