Holland was born July 6, 1893, in
Bartlett, Texas, the son of William Philip Holland of
Fluvanna County, Virginia, and Betty Connell Holland of
Liberty Hill, Texas. He was married to Alice Colby Wells of
Redlands, California, on June 30, 1919. They had two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Neeb and Helen Louise Osterberg. Holland attended high school in
Roswell, New Mexico, and spent one year at the
University of Texas. He then attended
Stanford University, where he was active in debating and was on the wrestling team. He graduated in 1917 with a
prelaw degree and then went into the Army. In 1919 he opened an electric-supply business in the
northeast Los Angeles community of
Highland Park, which he operated until December 1951. A Republican, he was a member of the
American Legion, the
Freemasons, the
Kiwanis Club and
Delta Sigma Rho fraternity. He served two terms as president of the Highland Park
chamber of commerce and was active in the northeast
YMCA. Holland died at the age of 76 on March 10, 1970, at Broadview Christian Science Sanitorium, in the
Montecito Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles after an illness of several weeks. He was buried in
Forest Lawn Memorial Park. == Public service ==