Howard earned an associate degree from Graceland College, a B.A. in education from the University of Kansas, and an M.A. in history from the University of California-Berkeley. He pursued further graduate studies at the University of Kansas, American University in Washington, D.C., and Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri.Richard P. Howard, The Church Through the Years, Vol. 1: RLDS Beginnings to 1860 (Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1992) About the Author.
