DR. JEROME HOLLAND
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NYS Historic
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People, Site
- 148 Park Pl, Auburn, NY 13021, USA
- 42.92285, -76.57632
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Roosevelt Memorial Baptist Church
DR. JEROME HOLLAND
Inscription
DR. JEROME HOLLAND1916-1985. HAMPTON INST. &
DELAWARE ST. COLL. PRESIDENT,
NYSE DIRECTOR, AMBASSADOR TO
SWEDEN, ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL
PLAYER. SITE OF FORMER HOME.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020
Jerome Holland, All-American college football player for Cornell University (1937-1938), lived in a home on this site with his parents. Holland, known as Brud, was afterward an educator and civil rights advocate. He served as President of Delaware State College (1953-1959) and the Hampton Institute (1960-1970), and is believed to have been the first African American appointed to the New York Stock Exchange Board of Directors. He was appointed to the position of Ambassador to Sweden (1970-1972) by President Richard M. Nixon.
