HOLZ, RICHARD

Richard E. Holz, a fourth generation Salvationist, was born in 1914 in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, where his father, Ernest Holz, was in charge of the Salvation Army Corps. When his family was transferred to the Southwest, Richard attended high school in Oklahoma City, and by the age of sixteen he was conducting a local Salvation Army Band. He majored in music education at the University of Oklahoma, and, after moving to New York City in 1935 to work in the Public...