Background
Holland, Harold Herbert was born on February 11, 1932 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States. Son of Tristum Shandy and Ida Blanche (Paxton) Holland.
Holland, Harold Herbert was born on February 11, 1932 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States. Son of Tristum Shandy and Ida Blanche (Paxton) Holland.
Student, College of William and Mary, 1953-1954; Bachelor, George Washington University, 1957; Master of Business Administration, George Washington University, 1958.
Technical assistant, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, 1959-1961; vice president, Falls Church (Virginia) Bank, 1961-1967; executive vice president, Bank of New River, Radford, Virginia, 1967-1970; president, Chief Executive Officer, Farmers National Bank, Salem, Virginia, 1970-1975; chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer, director, American National Holding Company, Kalamazoo, 1975-1986; chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer, director, American National Bank & Trust, Kalamazoo, 1975-1986; Chairman of the Board, director, Kalamazoo Economics Development Corporation, 1977-1984; director, Wynfield Prodns. chairman, Old Kent Bank of Kalamazoo, 1986-1987. Consultant IMCOR, New York, since 1989. Probate advisory Kalamazoo County Probate Court.
Executive council, vice president Southwest Michigan council Boy Scouts American, Kalamazoo, 1976-1986, re-elected executive council, since 1989, president, 1991-1995. Board directors Kalamazoo Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1981-1982, Jobs for Michigan Graduates, 1985-1987, Downtown Tomorrow, Inc., 1985, West Michigan Telecommunications Foundation, Blue Ridge Mountains council Boy Scouts American, 1987-1990, Junior Achievement, since 1994. President Virginia Mental Health Foundation, 1974-1975.
Chairman Kalamazoo 2000 Economic Development Committee, 1982. Chairman, board directors Western Michigan University Foundation, 1985-1986. Vice president, trustee I.S. Gilmore Foundation, Kalamazoo, since 1976, Arts Foundation Michigan.
Trustee Borgess Hospital, 1986. Chairman Borgess Capital Campaign, 1986-1987. County co-chairman Gilmore for Congress, 1981.
Member City of Kalamazoo Pension Divestiture Study Committee. Member campaign cabinet Goodwill Industries. Probate advisory Kalamazoo County Probate Court.
Chairman, board trustees First United Methodist Church, Kalamazoo, 1995-1997. Member Michigan Bankers Association (strategic planning committee), Michigan Council on Foundations (trustee 1994), Association of Bank Holding Companies (director 1978-1981), Kalamazoo County Chamber of C. (life, president 1981-1983, chairman strategic planning committee 1984), Mad Hatters (president Kaalamazoo), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow 1992).
Married Nellie Mae Thomas, January 15, 1955. Children: Richard Long, Michael Wayne.