Howard A. Ozmon

He was born in Portsmouth, VA of Howard A. Ozmon and Anna (Lynch) Ozmon and graduated from St. Paul's and St. Joseph's Schools in Portsmouth.

Howard was awarded an AA degree from St. Bernard Junior College (Alabama), BA in philosophy from the University of Virginia (1954), MA in comparative education (1957) and an Ed.D in philosophy of education from Teachers College, Columbia University (1962).

Dr. Ozmon taught in public schools in New York and New Jersey and several colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, from which he was awarded the title Professor Emeritus on his retirement. He was also chairman of the Department of Education at Chicago State University.

He was the author of many books and articles dealing with philosophy of education, including a very popular college textbook, Philosophical Foundations of Education, first published in 1976, and now in its 9th edition with Merrill-Prentice Hall. He was also a prolific writer of novels, short stories, plays and books for children.

While at Virginia Commonwealth, he was a founding member, and played and sang for 20 years, with the East Virginia Toadsuckers band, which performed at county fairs and other venues throughout the state.

Howard was also a US Army veteran, serving in 1951-53, during the Korean War.

He is survived by a sister, Catherine (Ozmon) Quindiagan (St. Petersburg, FL), and two brothers, Raymond J. Ozmon (Naples, FL) and Kenneth L. Ozmon (Halifax, Nova Scotia), as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

At the time of his death Howard was a resident of Hollywood, FL as well as Sosua, Dominican Republic.