Robert Eugene Holmes

Background

Holmes, Robert Eugene was born on June 5, 1928 in Shelbyville, Indiana, United States. Son of Eugene Lowell and Sarah Lucinda (Hughes) Holmes.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, DePauw University, 1950; Master of Arts in Journalism, Indiana U., 1953; Master of Arts in Communs. and Urban Affairs, Stanford University, 1976.

Career

Staff reporter, Elkhart, Indiana Truth, 1954-1957; city editor, investigative editor, Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California, 1957-1970; senior consultant, California State Senate Democratic Caucus, Sacramento, 1971-1974; deputy director, California State Senate Democratic Caucus, Sacramento, 1978-1979; press secretary, Lieutenant Governor of California, Sacramento, 1975-1977; project director, Border Area Development Study, United States Economics Development Administration, Sacramento, 1978; staff deputy director, California Senator Robert Presley, Sacramento, 1979-1983; chief consultant, Joint Legislation Ethics Committee, California Legislature, Sacramento, 1981-1982; staff director, Joint Committee on Prison Construction and Operations, California Legislature, Sacramento, 1983-1994. Research consultant California Research Bureau, California State Library., Sacramento, 1991-1992. Consultant California History State Capitol Commission, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Robert Eugene Holmes has been listed as a noteworthy State legislative consultant, journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, Golden Bear Democratic Club, Sacramento, 1972-1974. Media director Lieutenant Governor Campaign, Sacramento and Los Angeles, 1974. Sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953.

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Civil Liberties Union, California Writers Club, Common Cause.

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, racquetball, world travel, short story writing.

Connections

Married Retha Carolyn Richey, June 27, 1955 (divorced September 1966). Children: Enid Adair Offley, William Houstoun (deceased), Holly Ann Holmes.

Father:

Eugene Lowell Holmes

Mother:

Sarah Lucinda (Hughes) Holmes

Spouse:

Retha Carolyn Richey

child:

Holly Ann Holmes

child:

Enid Adair Offley Holmes

child:

William Houstoun Holmes (deceased)