| Summary: | Entrepreneur Samuel Houston Howard was born on May 8, 1939 in Marietta, Oklahoma. He received his B.S. degree in business administration from Oklahoma State University in 1961, and his M.A. degree in economics from Stanford University in 1963. In the 1960s, Howard worked as a financial analyst with General Electric Company and served as a White House Fellow. In 1972, he founded and served as chairman, president and CEO of Phoenix Holdings, Inc. and Phoenix Communications Group, Inc. Howard worked as an executive of Meharry Medical College, Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. and Hospital Corporation of America from 1973 to 1988. In 1993, he became chairman, president and CEO of Xantus Corporation, a company that operated health maintenance organizations. Howard was founder of 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee and chairman of the board of Urban League of Middle Tennessee. He authored The Flight of the Phoenix: Thoughts on Work and Life.
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