Greer left his post at Paramount and opened his own couture operation in Hollywood in December 1927, [2 ] where he designed custom clothing for the stars until his retirement in 1962.
Howard Greer. Costume Designer: Bringing Up Baby. A graduate from the University of Nebraska in 1916, Greer, like fellow costume designer Robert Kalloch, served his early career at the fashion house of Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile), before…
He served aboard the USS Leyte from 1946-1947. He then served aboard USS Coral Sea from 1951-1952. He served with Fighter Squadrons Seventy-One, Sixty-Two, One Hundred One, and Attack Squadron Two Hundred Fourteen.