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People in H&S C Howard Kast If he weren't there, Denver would sorely miss him. Not that Howard Kast is the type who stirs up dust as he goes about his business. He is, in fact, a fairly quiet person compared to many a community doer in his league. But if anyone should try to list the handful of people who have given the most of themselves to the Mile High City in the years since World War II, Howard Kast, partner in charge of the H&S office, would surely be in the group. This summer when Howard takes office as president of the Rotary Club of Denver, he assumes only the latest of a long list of presidencies and chairmanships that date back almost to the day in March 1947 when he transferred to Denver from the Chicago office of H&S. Behind the positions of top responsibility he has held, however, lay years of devoted service as active committee member, or committee chairman, of literally dozens of civic, professional, charitable and religious groups in his adopted home city. A few examples illustrate the point. After working on a half dozen committees of the Colorado Society of CPAs, he served as president of the state society in 1959-60, and since then he has continued to give time and attention to state society committees. Appointed to the Colorado State Board of Accountancy in 1965 by Governor John Love, he was reappointed to a second term and was president of the state board two years ago. In 1960-61 Howard was chairman of the Mayor's Citizens Budget Committee, a post in which he helped bridge the gap between the desires of the community for municipal services and the fiscal realities with which elected officials must deal. Ten years ago Howard served as president of the Denver Tri-County Tuberculosis Society, and later he was chairman of his local church board. He has been on the Board of Directors (chairman of some) of the Salvation Army, the Boys Clubs of Denver, the Boy Scouts, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Chamber of Commerce, and many more. Perhaps Howard's most important recent accomplishment was his highly successful chairmanship, in 1970, of the community chest drive, called in Denver the Mile High United Way. Basing his work on ten years of experience in various United Way committees, plus his devotion to patient planning, step by step, he directed a campaign that raised $6,131,025, which was 100.7 per cent of the goal. It was the first time in five years that the United Way drive in Denver had surpassed its goal by the target date. The following year he was elected president, served a two-year term and is now Chairman of the Board. He is now working with other community leaders and people from social agencies to evaluate new channels through which United Way funds could be put to better use. Howard makes no secret of the methods which he employs in public service, and they are the same ones he uses in the Haskins & Sells office. First, he believes in planning. He sets realistic objectives, then sets out to attain them. Second, he invites participation by other people, following the folk wisdom that "many hands make light work'.' Third, he thinks it most important to find out what makes people tick, what motivates them to action; he then looks for ways to involve other people along the lines of their own desires. "I think communication is open here',' says Howard, as he considers the Denver office and its professional staff. "We have a lot of individual counseling in this office. I meet regularly with our people alone, and about four times a year I get together with individual groups of our staff accountants and share our common business concerns, answer questions and discuss whatever they want!' He goes on to explain that at times he is baffled by the career choices and the motivations of some of the younger accountants with whom he has contact. But he has the breadth of mind to appreciate that times change, and he shows a compassionate understanding of the other person's chosen way, which may not be his own. 'What we try to do here is to create an atmosphere of practice furtherance on the staff!' he says. "We try to bring everyone into the act, and this practice furtherance work is a kind of testing ground for developing management skill, among other things. And we get more ideas from some of the younger guys and gals than from some of the people my age. 'I suppose I may delegate more than most partners in charge of practice offices. But I believe in it. Here in Denver we divide up the responsibilities, and we rotate the jobs among management people. For instance, staff training, being chairman of the practice 18
Object Description
Title |
People in H&S: C. Howard Kast |
Author |
Anonymous |
Contributor |
Leipzig, Arthur |
Personal Name |
Kast, C. Howard Foye, Arthur Bevins |
Portrait |
Kast, C. Howard |
Office/Department |
Haskins & Sells. Denver Office Haskins & Sells. Chicago Office |
Citation |
H&S Reports, Vol. 10, (1973 summer), p. 18-19 |
Date-Issued | 1973 |
Source | Originally published by: Haskins & Sells |
Rights | Copyright and permission to republish held by: Deloitte; Photograph by Arthur Leipzig; |
Type | Text |
Format | PDF page image with corrected OCR scanned at 400 dpi |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Library. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2010 |
Language | eng |
Identifier | HSReports_1973_Summer-p18-19 |