J. Scott Howell

Scotty Howell, Vice President and General Manager of Robinson Iron guided every aspect of this important project from the assessment of existing conditions to the removal and installation of restored materials. Scotty launched Robinson Iron in 1975 as a spin-off of Robinson Foundry Inc. A graduate in Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Scotty holds a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Chicago and is part owner of Robinson Iron. He actually learned the foundryman’s craft from the bottom up so that he would be familiar with the requirements of each demanding job. Over the past 33 years his resume of distinguished projects has included such iconic landmarks as The Raffles Hotel in Singapore, The White House in Washington, DC, Vulcan in Birmingham, Alabama and others too numerous to mention..

You might want to know he has been happily married to Jane Benton Howell for all of this time and they along with their son and daughter contribute to local church and community affairs through their service as officers and members of various boards. In 1989 Scotty was named Georgia Institute of Technology Young Alumni of the Year and in 2006 received the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Service Award. These are but two of the many honors he has received.

He is a published author of articles in the field of historic restoration of cast metals and is a dynamic public speaker who is much in demand.

It is through his special energy, vision and drive that projects such as the restoration of The Nemours Mansion ironwork have been successfully accomplished.

In this photo from an 1981 issue of “The Birmingham News”, Scotty and Ricky Robinson discuss the day’s production.

Here Scotty inspects the installation of Vulcan. The basket is more than 150 feet off the ground suspended from the arm of a crane. This is typical of a day’s work for this “hands-on” executive.

Scotty, sixth from the left, and members of The Vulcan Park Foundation were honored with The National Trust Preservation Award in 2006. To learn more about this historic restoration visit our Architectural Project section of our web site.

Scotty worked closely with Ginny Naudé on every aspect of restoration at Nemours and personally supervised the removal and installation of all materials.