Matt Howard, UICOMP Class of 2012, is well known for his warm, outgoing personality, his energetic contributions to a wide range of volunteer service programs, and his harmonizing with fellow students in their a cappella singing group. Matt’s second-year classmates elected him to receive the Gloria Arndt Award for being the “kindest, most compassionate, and most altruistic” of their peers. In his fourth year, those same classmates selected him to receive the Merck Manual Award - also known as the "doctor's doctor" award. Many factors contributed to Matt's being selected for the Gold Humanism Honor Society, but I think these comments from a physician in a community clinic through which Matt rotated say it well: “[Matt] did an excellent job of communicating …. He always seemed to be able to anticipate the needs of the people around him and provide for those needs. He is a genuinely caring person. Oftentimes he could be found helping an elderly person out to the waiting area or even out to their car. … Weeks after Matt had successfully completed his rotation my patients would ask where he was.”
Linda Rowe, EdD
Peoria GHHS Chapter Advisor
