Byron Peter Howells, M.D., Ph.D.
December 30, 1923 (ParkCity, Utah) - August 17, 1999 (Honolulu, Hawai'i)

My father was born in the snows of the Wasach mountains overlooking Salt Lake City, Utah. He died of bone cancer in the tropical paradise that is Hawai'i, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

He was a pilot, a doctor, an anthopologist, an artist, a snorkeler, a flower arranger, an iconoclast, a grandiose schemer, a linguist, an observer of humanity, a husband, a gourmet, a participant, a photographer, a naturist, a technophile, a son of a bitch, a world traveler, a bon vivant, a chemist, a teacher, a smuggler, an importer of Yucatan honey, a story teller, a father, and my friend.

This page is not a memorial to or a eulogy for him; it is merely a few pictures of three of the four things that were most important to him: the sea, flowers, beautiful women, and his family. The pictures here are not from his album, he never saw them; he would have liked them ... and he had probably visited every one of the locations.

arrangement of Hawai'ian flowers Hawai'ian orchid green-sand beach on the Big Island Big Island orchids Nani Mau Gardens. Hilo, Big Island, Hawai'i The Big Island, Hawai'i a lava beach, Big Island NaPali Coast, Kauai, Hawai'i nude snorkeling, Caymann Islands

Most of these pictures were borrowed from Philip Greenspun of MIT: Flowers of Hawai'i
Click on the pictures to see them full size.