SAG-AFTRA Celebrates Ken Howard, Dedicates Membership Center In His Honor

Los Angeles (May 1, 2017) – SAG-AFTRA has dedicated its membership center in honor of its late president, Ken Howard. In an April 21 ceremony, the union’s leaders marked the dedication of the Ken Howard Membership Center at SAG-AFTRA Plaza. Howard's widow, Linda Howard, attended the dedication along with SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris, Executive Vice President Rebecca Damon, Secretary-Treasurer Jane Austin, National Executive Director David White, National Honors and Tributes Committee Chair Jenny O’Hara and committee vice chairs Kevin Scullin and Don Ahles, and National Board members.

The Ken Howard Membership Center is a resource center created for the union’s members, where they can use computers, get their questions answered and find out about upcoming events.

“Renaming the center after Ken Howard was the perfect tribute to a leader who was dedicated to his members,” said Carteris. “Ken’s vision and hard work in uniting SAG and AFTRA helped pave the way for many of the accomplishments we have achieved today.”

Howard’s widow recalled how much her husband loved the union, calling it “the finest work he’d ever done.” White and Carteris also spoke at length about Howard’s dedication to the union’s members as well as his love of mentoring young people.

Howard, who died March 23, 2016, while serving as the merged union’s first elected leader, was instrumental in the merger of Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA.

To download high resolution photos from the dedication, click here. Photos by Arayna Eison/SAG-AFTRA.

About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.

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