C. Joe Holland: 8/31/1915-1/10/2007
C. Joe Holland, former dean of the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism, died Wednesday at age 91.
In 1961, when I returned to Oklahoma after three years in the U. S. Army and enrolled at OU, I interviewed with Dr. Holland and it was through his efforts, primarily, that I was able to land a scholarship. I was always impressed that Dr. Holland took a personal interest in every student in the OU J School, and it wasn't a passive interest, either; from hallway-in-passing comments, it was obvious to me he was monitoring my progress and knew exactly how I was doing.
During those first years of my career, Dr. Holland was a vital mentor. He, along with Ralph Sewell, Ben Berger, Wayne Mackey, Ed Montgomery, Jack Bickham, and others at the Oklahoma Publishing Company, and several OU J School faculty members including Stewart Harral, prodded, pushed and pulled me along. The debt I owe them, Dr. Holland in particular, is huge.
Dr. Holland was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1982. He's been in my hall of fame since 1961.
In 1961, when I returned to Oklahoma after three years in the U. S. Army and enrolled at OU, I interviewed with Dr. Holland and it was through his efforts, primarily, that I was able to land a scholarship. I was always impressed that Dr. Holland took a personal interest in every student in the OU J School, and it wasn't a passive interest, either; from hallway-in-passing comments, it was obvious to me he was monitoring my progress and knew exactly how I was doing.
During those first years of my career, Dr. Holland was a vital mentor. He, along with Ralph Sewell, Ben Berger, Wayne Mackey, Ed Montgomery, Jack Bickham, and others at the Oklahoma Publishing Company, and several OU J School faculty members including Stewart Harral, prodded, pushed and pulled me along. The debt I owe them, Dr. Holland in particular, is huge.
Dr. Holland was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1982. He's been in my hall of fame since 1961.
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