Background
Holzworth, John Michael was born on May 28, 1888 in Cleveland. Son of Frederick and Ella (Degnon) Holzworth.
Holzworth, John Michael was born on May 28, 1888 in Cleveland. Son of Frederick and Ella (Degnon) Holzworth.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, New York University, 1912.
Admitted to New York bar, 1912. Member firm Delafield, Thorne & Rogers, New York City, 1912-1919. Assistant district attorney Westchester County, 1925-1926.
Organizer, and served as treasurer, Griffin & Howe, Inc., New York City, 1921-1929. President Yukon Engineering Company Placed markers of Lewis and Clark exposition from Lolo Pass to Columbia River, 1914-1915. Led science expeditions in B.C. and Alaska for United States Biological Survey and National Museum, collecting speciments of large mammals and mapping unexplored territory, 1923, 24, 25, 28-29.
Pioneer navigator Salmon River, Idaho (later known as River of No Return) to Snake River. Head of movement for Admiralty Island Alaska Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park. Pioneer in motion pictures of big game in America.
Discoverer new and largest, species of grizzly bear (ursus holzworthi).
Served as captain, FA, United States Army, Advertising Educational Foundation, World War I, Staff speaker for N.A.M. in war plants, World World War II, President National Association Wild Life Conservationists, Inc. Member New York Bar Association (public defender committee 1932-1935). Sigma Chi.
Married Sarah Haight Slater, February 1, 1914. Children: Jean, Betty.