John Timothy Holland ’60
John Timothy Holland ’60, Ph.D., was born in Brooklyn on September 9, 1938, and died in Washington, D.C., of metastatic melanoma on May 13. A graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and Dartmouth, he played trombone in the Andover Aces Jazz Band and majored in literature and political science. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and participated in lacrosse and wrestling. In 1979 he earned an M.A. in economics at the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in literature in 1987. His passion for learning continued through his life, as he also audited classes at Columbia University, Georgetown University, and the Jung Institute. Tim’s first professional career included success as an executive at Gray Advertising, Chesebrough-Ponds, and Citibank. He also headed the marketing department for American Security Bank in Washington, D.C. He left the corporate world to embrace a career teaching writing skills and identifying and publishing talented writers by restoring a short story literary magazine, The Crescent Review. Ultimately, Tim discovered his great passion as a teacher. He was a leader for the Colby great books program and the Poconos great books seminars. In 2016 he joined the faculty at Osher, a continuing education program at Johns Hopkins. His students remember him as a gifted teacher fascinated by ideas who helped them read deeply and empathically. Tim is survived by his former wife, Jean; one daughter; two sons; and three granddaughters.
