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President Announced his Intention to Nominate Creighton Holden to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tourism [Position Appointments and Resignations]
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President Announced his Intention to Nominate Creighton Holden to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tourism [Position Appointments and Resignations]
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Digitized from Box 15 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 15, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate Creighton Holden,
of St. Clair, Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Tourism. He will succeed C. Langhorne Washburn who resigned effective
May 31, 1975.
In 1946, Mr. Holden became President of St. Clair Inn and Country
Club of St. Clair, Michigan, serving until June 1975. He has served
as Chairman of the Michigan Tourist Council, Chairman of the Michigan
State Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Governor's
Committee on Higher Education. He is a Republican National Committee-
man from Michigan.
Mr. Holden was born on January 19, 1917, in Detroit, Michigan, and
received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College in 1940. He served
in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He is listed in Who's
Who in America.
Mr. Holden is married to the former Rebecca Jean Harshbarger and
they have five children. They reside in St. Clair, Michigan.
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