Background
Henry J. Holtzclaw was born in Virginia and educated in Washington, District of Columbia
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Henry Holtzclaw
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He joined the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1917 as a machinist"s helper. He rose through the ranks at the Bureau and in 1931 became the Bureau"s mechanical expert and designer. When the Office of Research and Development Engineering was created within the Bureau, he served as its first head
He was responsible for developing an electric eye perforator in the 1930s.
In 1949, Holtzclaw became Assistant Director of the Bureau. In 1954, he was promoted, becoming Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
He held this position until he retired in 1967. Holtzclaw died in 1969 at age 71, a little more than a year after he retired.
