IAM Mourns Virginia Machinist Council President Rick Howard
11/19/2009 Richard Norman (Rick) Howard, 61, of Bedford, Va., passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was a retired IAM member employed by the Norfolk Southern Railway and past president of IAM Local 165 (Roanoke, VA). Rick currently served as president of the Virginia State Council of Machinists.