Harold Holland, 85

 RANCHO MIRAGE CALIF. – Harold Holland died March 27. Born November 4, 1929, in Scranton Penn., to Emanuel and Beatrice Holland, he moved to New York City in 1943 and then relocated to Rhode Island in 1949. He was the husband of Helene Jewett.

He founded his business, had three children, and lived until he and his wife moved to Rancho Mirage.

Besides his wife and three children, he had four primary loves: business, golf, traveling and cruising. 

He served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1954 in the Korean War conflict aboard the USS Stephen Potter. 

He and his brother Julian founded Art-Mold Products Company, a specialty advertising manufacturing firm, in Cranston, R.I. He was one of four partners of Measured Marketing Services Inc., a specialty advertising, direct mail and marketing firm based in Los Angeles Calif., where he served on the Board of Directors. He helped expand MMS internationally, opening and growing MMS International in Grasse, France, where he served on the Board of Directors. He also was on the Board of Directors for Norwood Promotional Products Company of San Antonio, Tex. and Specialty Advertising Association International. Counselor Magazine named him one of the 50 most influential people of the specialty advertising industry. 

He was a golf enthusiast; he belonged to, played and participated at several clubs over the years, finally at Morningside Country Club in Rancho Mirage, where he served on and chaired many committees, and served on the Board of Directors. He played in The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic for 15 years, had six holes-in-one in his career, had the wonderful distinction (along with Arnold Palmer) of scoring two holes-in-one on the same hole in consecutive rounds at Ledgemont Country Club in 1994. He volunteered at Eisenhower Medical Center, where he served on several fundraising committees and the EMC Foundation Board of Governors.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Helene (Jewett) Holland; sons, Evan (Neesa) Holland of Warwick and Gary (Autumn) Holland of Fort Worth, Tex.; daughter, Judi Holland of Pasadena, Calif.; grandson, Aaron Holland; and granddaughter Rachel Holland. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emanuel and Beatrice Holland; brother and his wife, Julian and Simone Holland; sister and her husband, Wilma and Edward Safire; and his niece, Marilyn Holland.

Contributions in his name may be made to Eisenhower Medical Center or to a charity of choice.