The Washington Post’s Linda Wheeler wrote a short feature on Roosevelt House’s new director, Harold Holzer, which ran in the paper’s A House Divided section of the August 28th edition:
In an interview, [Holzer] said he was weighing the offer in early August when he happened to attend an event for Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton in New York. His mind was so much occupied with considering the job offer that he debated if he should ask Clinton’s advice when he and his wife Edith, who were in the receiving line, reached the spot where she was standing.
She opened the door for him when she greeted him by saying, “I have a letter in the mail to you about your retirement from the Met,” Holzer recalled. “So I quickly replied, ‘The retirement may not last. I’ve been asked to head Roosevelt House at Hunter. What do you think?’” “’Roosevelt House!’” she exclaimed. “That’s perfect—there’s a continuum from Lincoln to FDR. You should do it.’”
Read Roosevelt House’s press release on Holzer’s appointment.
