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Text Box: ABOUT THE BOYS One man's daughter proudly proclaimed that her father could "read a book and build a house." (He did.) Another loved his wife so much that he married her twice. One man had an "ideal" divorce. Another was told by his high school guidance counselor that he should not try to become an engineer because it was difficult for those of his ethnic group at that time to get jobs as engineers - even though he had built the Eiffel Tower out of toothpicks at the age of nine. One man helped develop the granola bar and Uncle Ben's Rice after he almost didn't make it through college. Another man founded a museum of jazz even though he never played a lick. One of the Boys became a distinguished cancer doctor even after having been diagnosed with a debilitating muscle disease. A college dropout became a jet pilot in the Viet Nam war, U.S. Presidents' travel advance man and Air Attaché to Morocco, where his daughter played at the palace with the niece of the King. One of the Boys became a world-renowned physicist - in Israel, but passed away before his time. Another built an antiques newspaper with 40 pages and 292 advertisers without any employees. One of the Boys overcame a devastating business loss and resulting depression to rebuild his life and a new business. Another built a 70-employee garment business, retired at age forty-eight, but could tell people only that he was "semi-retired." One of the Boys' father said "every one of them, The Holland Avenue Boys, I would be proud to call my son." One of the Boys' wives had only one regret - "that I was not one of the Holland Avenue Boys.”

 

 

THE HOLLAND AVENUE BOYS

A SUCCESS STORY

 

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