Background
Holmquist, Jan Q. was born on June 13, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gwynne Eldon and Mildred Matilda (Cullen) Holmquist.
Holmquist, Jan Q. was born on June 13, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gwynne Eldon and Mildred Matilda (Cullen) Holmquist.
Diploma, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1957. Bachelor, Princeton University, 1958.
Writer advertising, Needham, Harper and Steers, Chicago, 1958-1961; continuity director, Station WFMT, Chicago, 1962; music director, United Service Organizations, touring throughout Europe and the Caribbean, 1962; copywriter, BDO International (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Company International, Inc., London and Chicago, 1963; group head, Young & Rubicom Advertising, London and Mexico City, 1964-1983; creative director, Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Los Angeles, since 1983. Concert pianist The Ambassador Duo.
Republican of the United States at Tchaikovsky Competition as accompanist for Carolyn Kimball, Moscow, 1970.
Married Carolyn Kimball, November 12, 1967. 1 child, Kirsten Kimball.