Linwood Holton

Linwood Holton

Linwood Holton, governor of Virginia from 1970 to 1974, is the author of the memoir Opportunity Time. A graduate of Washington & Lee University and Harvard Law School, Holton served on the Submarine Force in the Navy during World War II. Since his governorship, he has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, was the President of the Center for Innovative Technology, and was a member of the Board of Directors for Amtrak. While with the firm of Zuckert, Scoutt and Rasenberger in Washington, D.C., he chaired a commission, initiated by Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole, to privatize ownership of Washington National and Dulles International Airports, which lead to the improvement and expansion of each airport. Holton is currently a director in the Richmond law firm of McCandlish Holton, P.C.

Event
Former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton
When: Wed, Sep 24, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax, VA (map)
Description: In the fall of 1969, Holton put together a coalition of business, labor and African American voters to become the first Republican to govern Virginia since Reconstruction. In 1985, as a private-practice lawyer, he played another major role in history as he brokered the deals that established the commission to run Washington’s airports. Here, he shares excerpts from his memoir, Opportunity Time.