Background
Holt, Homer Adams was born on March 1, 1898 in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Byrne and Emma (McWhorter) Holt.
Holt, Homer Adams was born on March 1, 1898 in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Byrne and Emma (McWhorter) Holt.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1918, Bachelor of Laws, 1923. Doctor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1937, Bethany College, West Virginia, 1940.
Instructor mathematics Washington and Lee University, 1920-1923, assistant professor of law, 1923-1924, associate professor, 1924-1925. In practice law; member firm Hubard, Bacon & Holt, 1925-1926, Dillon, Mahan & Holt, Fayetteville, West Virginia, 1927-1933. Attorney general West Virginia, 1933-1937.
Governor West Virginia, 1937-1941. Member of law firm Brown, Jackson & Knight, Charleston, West Virginia, 1941-1946. Director Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, New York, 1944-1955, general counsel, 1947-1953, vice president, 1949-1953, Executive Committee, 1950-1953.
Member Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O’Farrell, 1953-1975. Director Kanawha Valley Bank Charleston, Slab Fork Coal Company.
Member-at-large National council Boy Scouts American, 1959. Served to Second lieutenant C.A., United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American, West Virginia (past president), Fayette County, Kanawha County bar associations, Bar Association New York City, American Counsel Association, Association General Counsel (emeritus), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce (president 1945-1946), American Legion, New York Southern Society, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason, Elk.
Married Isabel Hedges Wood, March 22, 1924. Children: Julia Kinsley (Mistress.