Ernest Otto Holland (February 4, 1874 – May 30, 1950)[1] was an American academic, the superintendent of public schools for Louisville, Kentucky, and the fourth and longest-serving president of Washington State University, leading the institution from 1915 until 1945.
[4] He was a member of the Lambda chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity there[5] and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest academic honor society.
Holland began his career in education as an English teacher in high schools at Rensselaer in Jasper County, Indiana and at Anderson in Madison County, Indiana during the period 1895–1900.
He then served as head of the English department at the boys' high school in Louisville, Kentucky, 1900–1905.
[6] In 1911, Holland became superintendent of schools at Louisville, Kentucky, a position he held until 1915 when the Board of Regents selected him to be the fourth president of the State College of Washington, now called Washington State University.