Henry F. Holland

Henry Finch Holland (1912–July 18, 1962) was a United States lawyer who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1954 to 1956.

Henry F. Holland was born in 1912 and raised in Brownsville, Texas.^[1] He spent his high school years at Sewanee Military Academy in Sewanee, Tennessee.^[1] He then attended Sewanee: The University of the South and, after that, the University of Texas School of Law.^[1]

After law school, Holland established a law practice in Texas.^[1] Holland joined the United States Foreign Service in 1942.^[1] His first post as a Foreign Service Officer was to the United States Embassy in Mexico^[1] With the end of World War II, Holland left the foreign service in 1945 and resumed the private practice of law.^[1] His practice involved international law and in the early 1950s, he was involved in the activities of the International Law Commission.^[2]

In 1954, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower named Holland Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and, after Senate confirmation, Holland held this post from March 2, 1954 until September 13, 1956.^[1] In this capacity, he was assistant chief of the United States delegation at the tenth Pan-American Conference, held in Caracas in March 1954.^[1] He later headed the U.S. delegation to the Inter-American Conference on resources of the sea.^[1]

Holland served as international affairs adviser to the Republican Party during the 1956 election campaign.^[1] After leaving public office, Holland moved to New York City and, with Sidney I. Roberts, founded the law firm of Roberts & Holland.^[1]

Holland died at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut on July 18, 1962, at the age of 49.^[1]

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