tripal/tripal_contact/theme/tripal_contact/tripal_contact_base.tpl.php

<?php
$contact = $variables['node']->contact; ?>

<div class="tripal_contact-data-block-desc tripal-data-block-desc"></div> <?php

// the $headers array is an array of fields to use as the colum headers. 
// additional documentation can be found here 
// https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21theme.inc/function/theme_table/7
// This table for the contact has a vertical header (down the first column)
// so we do not provide headers here, but specify them in the $rows array below.
$headers = array();

// the $rows array contains an array of rows where each row is an array
// of values for each column of the table in that row.  Additional documentation
// can be found here:
// https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21theme.inc/function/theme_table/7 
$rows = array();

// Contact Name row
$rows[] = array(
  array(
    'data' => 'Name',
    'header' => TRUE
  ),
  $contact->name,
);
// Contact Type row
$rows[] = array(
  array(
    'data' => 'Type',
    'header' => TRUE
  ),
  $contact->type_id->name,
);
// allow site admins to see the contact ID
if (user_access('access administration pages')) {
  // Pub ID
  $rows[] = array(
    array(
      'data' => 'Contact ID',
      'header' => TRUE,
      'class' => 'tripal-site-admin-only-table-row',
    ),
    array(
      'data' => $contact->contact_id,
      'class' => 'tripal-site-admin-only-table-row',
    ),
  );
}

// the $table array contains the headers and rows array as well as other
// options for controlling the display of the table.  Additional
// documentation can be found here:
// https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21theme.inc/function/theme_table/7
$table = array(
  'header' => $headers,
  'rows' => $rows,
  'attributes' => array(
    'id' => 'tripal_contact-table-base',
  ),
  'sticky' => FALSE,
  'caption' => '',
  'colgroups' => array(),
  'empty' => '',
);

// once we have our table array structure defined, we call Drupal's theme_table()
// function to generate the table.
print theme_table($table);
if (property_exists($contact, 'description')) { ?>
  <div style="text-align: justify"><?php print $contact->description; ?></div> <?php 
} ?>