Background
Holshouser, James Eubert was born on October 8, 1934 in Boone, North Carolina, United States. Son of James E. and Dessie Virginia (Dayvault) Holshouser.
Governor of North Carolina lawyer
Holshouser, James Eubert was born on October 8, 1934 in Boone, North Carolina, United States. Son of James E. and Dessie Virginia (Dayvault) Holshouser.
Davidson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1963-1966.
1969-1972. Governor of North Carolina, 1973-1977. Member, Executive Committee, National Governor’s Conference, 1973-1976.
Working as a partner of PATTON, BOGGS & BLOW. JAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, JR., bom Boone, North Carolina, October 8, 1934. Admitted to bar, 1960, North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1956).
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1963-1966. 1969-1972. Governor of North Carolina, 1973-1977.
Member, Executive Committee, National Governor’s Conference, 1973-1976. Chairman: Coastal Plains Commission, 1974-1975. Southern Regional Education Board, 1974-1975.
Southern Growth Policies Board, 1975. Member, Board of Trustees: Davidson College, 1978-1986. Saint Andrews Presbyterian College, since 1988.
Member, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina, since 1979. Chairman, Personnel Committee, 1984-1987. Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1960, North Carolina.
Major clients of JAMES HOLSHOUSER: REPRESENTATIVE Clients ABC Supply Company, Inc. American Subcontractors Association of the Carolinas. Associated Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
C.T. Corporation System. Camina-Speight Design & Construction Management, Inc. Carolina Power & Light Company.
C. Itch (America), Inc. Construction Management Association of America. CRS Sirrine; Electricon, Inc.
Enprotech Corporation. ENSERCH Alaska Construction, Inc. Fischbach & Moore, Inc.
Heath and Co; Hospital Corporation of America. Idlewild Paper Corporation. The Jones Group (including J A Jones, Metric Constructors, and Rea Construction Company).
Lea Co; Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. PGA World of Golf Hall of Fame, Inc. Pinehurst Plantation Golf Club, Riley Stoker Corporation.
Spanco Industries, Inc. Starr Electric Co; Telecommunications Systems, Inc. The Wake County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority, Weyerhauser Company, American International Group.
United Technologies Corp. Liggett Group, Inc., Republican National Committee. North Carolina Republican Party.
Trustee Davidson College, 1978-1986. Chairman board trustees St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, since 1990. Member emeritus board governors University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1979, chair personnel and budget committees.
Advisory board Lees McRae College. Also chairman various committees. Board director United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia, 1989-1993.
Honorary chairman National Kidney Foundation. Vice chairman North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Inc. Member of North Carolina Bar Association (member committee on court study, chairman sight and life committee).
Married Patricia Hollingsworth, June 17, 1961. 1 child, Virginia H. Mills.