Early life Van Hollen was born in
Baltimore, and was raised in the city's northern
Cedarcroft neighborhood. Christopher's grandfather, George Henry Van Hollen (1865–1928), owned the Atlantic Packing Co.
Career Van Hollen joined
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's executive
secretariat shortly after completing his doctorate at Johns Hopkins. Christopher Van Hollen died from
Alzheimer's disease on January 30, 2013, at the Washington Home and Hospice in Washington, D.C., at the age of 90. His wife, Eliza, died in 2007. He was survived by three children, then-U.S. Rep.
Chris Van Hollen Jr., Caroline Van Hollen, and Cecilia Van Hollen; two sisters, Margaret Lee of Baltimore and Cecilia Van Hollen; and five grandchildren. ==References==