Edgar Earle Holland ’46

TED HOLLAND DIED in Encinitas, Calif., after a long illness, following bypass surgery and culminating in pneumonia. He knew he was going downhill for the last several years, but his indomitable spirit kept him going along with loving care by his wife, Mary Lou, and his very supportive friend and doctor, classmate Herm Froeb.

Ted grew up in Philadelphia and attended Kent School and The Episcopal Academy, graduating from both in 1942. He spent over two years in the Army Air Corps, returning to Princeton in 1945. Graduating in late 1947, Ted eschewed a possible medical career for health reasons, and after some months in the publishing world, moved in into the insurance business. Most of his professional career was spent in Arizona, first in Tucson, whither he moved in 1953, and then in Phoenix, where he ran his own show until his health failed once again, in 1977. In 1980, Ted and Mary Lou moved to Encinitas, where his health came back rapidly and where they set up a family business, "Honcho Enterprises," marketing ship models and carvings. Ted's loyalty to Princeton was shown on his license plates: "TIGER 46!"

What inspired so many of Ted's family and friends was his irrepressible humor and his sheer willpower and determination. Ted was blessed by a loving wife, Mary Lou; two devoted daughters, Susan Louise and Linda Holland DeGeorge; two grandchildren; a sister Alice P. Jones; an a brother Harry '41. To all of them, the Class of '46 sends its deepest sympathy, and we bid a fond farewell to beloved classmate.

The Class of l946