Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Holt, Preston June 20, 1898 - 
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     PRESTON HOLT.  Among Portland's able and highly regarded business men 
stands Preston Holt, manager for the well known bond and investment house of 
E. H. Rollins & Sons. He has been connected with financial concerns for a 
number of years and in his present capacity has shown an ability and 
trustworthiness that have gained for him the uniform respect of all who know 
him. Mr. Holt was born in Portland on the 20th of June, 1898, and is a son of 
Walter A. and Agnes L. (Earhart) Holt, both of whom are natives of this state. 
His father is vice president of the United States National Bank of Portland 
and his mother is a daughter of Rocky P. Earhart, whose family were among the 
early pioneers of this state and who was a member of the state senate in an 
early day.

     Preston Holt secured his early education in the public and high schools 
of Portland, after which he attended Leland Stanford University. In 1920 he 
entered the United States National Bank, and in the following year went to the 
Security Savings and Trust Company, connected with the bond department. On 
April 5, 1922, he went to San Francisco, California, and entered the employ of 
E. H. Rollins & Sons, one of this country's greatest investment security 
houses, with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, and branches throughout 
the United States and abroad. Mr. Holt remained in the San Francisco office a 
few months, when he was transferred back to Portland and here worked as a 
salesman until 1924, when he was made manager of the Portland office. In this 
position he has shown marked executive ability, building up the business in a 
gratifying degree, and has also opened an office in Seattle, Washington. In 
each of these offices six people are employed. This firm has been in business 
for fifty-two years and handles corporation, municipal and government bonds, 
as well as the best preferred stocks, and has long been regarded as one of the 
most reliable concerns in the country.

     On October 8, 1924, Mr. Holt was united in marriage to Miss Laura A. 
Olbrich, of Portland, a daughter of Joseph and Anna Olbrich. They are the 
parents of a son, Walter Wesley. Mr. Holt is a member of the Chi Psi college 
fraternity, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Multnomah Golf Club, the Portland 
Rowing Club and the Chamber of Commerce. In his political attitude he is 
independent, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is a man of 
impressive personality, straightforward in manner and clean-cut in his 
business methods, and his business career has marked him as well worthy the 
confidence which is placed in him by all who have come in contact with him.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 733-734

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