Frank Howard, born on September 18, 1952, in Waterloo, Iowa, was the fourth of six children of Willie and Irene Howard. He graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1970. Frank served in the ...

Like many baby boomer parents, my folks grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. After the war, they moved from urban Boston to Pittsfield, where they wanted to raise a family in a ...