1999 Distinguished Alumnus - Howard F. Ahmanson

Howard F. Ahmanson, founder and president of Fieldstead & Co. Inc., graduated from UTA in 1976 with a master's degree in linguistics.

His private philanthropy organization works in national and international relief and development projects, education, the arts, family and children's concerns, and religious freedom issues worldwide.

The foundation is currently involved in projects supporting music education for public school students in Orange County, California, and in funding for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, 27 volumes of patristic commentary on the Bible to be translated into German, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin Chinese.

A frequent writer on public policy issues, Ahmanson has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Philanthropy and Religion and Liberty.

Ahmanson, whose interests include linguistics, history and geography, recently completed a year-long traveling sabbatical to Spain, Portugal, South America, Italy and Turkey.