Norman Ellsworth Holzkamp ’42

Norm died Aug. 12, 2001, of prostate cancer, in Walnut Creek, Calif. After 26 years with Ford Motor Car Co., in a number of executive capacities, he retired in 1981.

He prepared for Princeton at the Taft School, majored in classics, and was a member of Tower Club. Following graduation, Norm spent three and a half years in the Army Air Corps, rising from private to tech sergeant. Following the war, he cut his teeth in the automobile business as secretary/treasurer of Lincoln Park Buick Co., in Chicago. Joining Ford, he served for several years as marketing specialist in the Lincoln/Mercury division, in the Midwest. Moving to California, some years later, he became general field manager of the LA division. He ultimately was promoted to assistant manager of the entire western region, a position he held until he retired.

To his wife, Shirley; to his children, Wayne, Dean, Laura, and Doug; and to his eight grandchildren, the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1942