JAMES F. PIPKINS James F. Pipkins of Jessieville, Ark., is the first recipient of the Max Howard Distinguished Electrical Engineering Student Award, named in honor of the late son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent E. Howard of Pineville. This is the second top award to be named for Howard, who died shorly after his graduation. [This record found in the Association files. It is not known who James F. Pipkins descends from]