Hollenhorst Thomas 7143

He said , “Well, I'm going to be a doctor.” He said , “Well, why don’t you go to medical school?” He said , “I don’t know how to do that.” He said , “Well, I'll show you how to do that.” So, he got him into medical school and he became a doctor.

Justice Thomas E. Hollenhorst was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a small town 70 miles west of Minneapolis. His family had lived there for at least three generations. His parents met and married during World War II and he was born nine months after they returned from Europe. Growing up, his family fished for food and his father had an allegiance to the community, taking care of people who were sick, dying, or dead. Justice Hollenhorst moved around a lot as a child, living in Alabama, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Washington D.C. before settling in Palo Alto, California. His father and grandparents were big influences in his life, with his father teaching him to skate and his grandparents having a big impact on his father's generation's education.