Jerome H. Holland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jerome H. Holland

American diplomat

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1916

Place of Birth: Auburn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1985

Profession: diplomat, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jerome H. Holland

  • Jerome Heartwell "Brud" Holland (January 9, 1916 – January 13, 1985), one of 13 children, was an American university president and diplomat.
  • He was the first African American to play football at Cornell University, and was chosen as an All American in 1937 and 1938.
  • He was also the first African American to chair the American Red Cross Board of Governors, which named its Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences in his honor.
  • He was the first African-American to sit on the board of the New York Stock Exchange (1972), and the first appointed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology's governing body, "The Corporation".
  • After graduating Cornell and teaching at Lincoln University, he attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his PhD in 1950.
  • In 1953, he became president of the historically black Delaware State College, serving six years before transitioning to the Hampton Institute, where he was president from 1960 to 1970.
  • In that year, he became ambassador to Sweden under President Richard Nixon. He became a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1965.
  • In 1972, the NCAA awarded Holland its Theodore Roosevelt Award.His son, Joe Holland, one of ten children, also played for Cornell.
  • He was selected as a third team All-American running back by the Associated Press for the 1978 College Football All-America Team, and as a graduate student with a 3.70 GPA, the same year, as an Academic All American.
  • In 1991, he became a member of the Academic Hall of Fame.
  • An attorney, playwright and entrepreneur, Joe Holland is a Republican, as was his father.
  • He filed as a candidate for Governor of New York in the 2018 election.

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