Steve Howard to Enter HVAC Hall of Fame – Article in Contracting Business by Terry McIver

STEVE HOWARD WILL BE INDUCTED into the Contracting Business HVAC Hall of Fame on October 16, 2024, during the Service World Expo in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. See serviceworldexpo.com for event information.

 

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“Steve Howard was born in 1948 in Flagstaff Arizona. He signed on to the US Air Force while still in high school, using the early enlistment option. While in VietNam, he trained and served as an aircraft mechanic, and volunteered for missions distributing psychological warfare leaflets and other operations. Back home, he continued his aviation mechanic’s training, and earned an A&P license (Aircraft & Powertrain). When commercial aviation fell on hard times, Howard used his remaining GI Bill funds to study refrigeration at Atlanta Technical College. There, he learned from Claude La Haie, the teacher he credits with helping him get established on his HVACR journey. “He went out of his way to be sure we were successful above and beyond the call of duty,” Howard said. Steve and 13 other students graduated from AAT that year, the largest number to take and pass the exam for licensing warm air heating contractors…..”