Jean Louise Holmes

Background

Holmes, Jean Louise was born on December 9, 1943 in Butler, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Victor Julius and Helen Emilia (Knapheide) Witte.

Education

Associate of Arts, Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, 1963. Bachelor, Iowa State University, 1965. Postgraduate, University Paris, 1965.

Postgraduate, Tufts University, 1973. Master of Arts in Judaic Studies magna cum laude, Hebrew College, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1989. Postgraduate, Ratisbonne Center of Judaic Studies, Jerusalem, 1995.

Postgraduate, Hebrew U./Yad Vashem, 1995. Postgraduate, Yad Vashem/Poland, 1998.

Career

Teacher French, Iowa, Massachusetts, 1966-1969. Teaching English language and literature Iowa, 1966-1967. Real estate broker Carter Realty, Pepperell, Massachusetts, since 1975.

President, manager Viewpax Mondiale, Independence, Missouri, since 1982. Educational tour organiser, since 1983. President Keshet Hashalom, Jerusalem, since 1989.

Director Maine Friendship House Museum Jaffa American Colony, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, since 2004. Clerk Central Middlesex Multiple Listing Service, Concord, Massachusetts, 1980-1981, vice president, 1982, president, 1983. Lecturer Remembering for the Future II, Berlin, 1994, International Holocaust Scholars Conference, Minneapolis, 1996.

Director, adjunct professor student intercultural travel to Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Park University, Missouri, Graceland University, since 1982.

Achievements

• Jean Louise Holmes has been listed as a noteworthy real estate, educator, investor, scholar by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory board Peace Center, Independence, 1989-1991. Interfaith relations committee Community of Christ, Independence, 2000-2004. Director Maine Friendship House, since 2003.

Executive committee National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, since 2001. Member of Christians and Jews United for Israel.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, archaeology, adventure travel, literature.

Connections

Married Eugene Philmore Carter Junior, August 21, 1965 (divorced August 1992). Children: Kristin, Lance. Married Reed M. Holmes, January 26, 1993.

Father:

Victor Julius Witte

Mother:

Helen Emilia (Knapheide) Witte

Spouse:

Eugene Philmore Carter Junior

Spouse:

Reed M. Holmes

child:

Kristin Holmes

child:

Lance Holmes