He primarily worked for Time magazine as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief.
[1][2] He worked a number of jobs in his earlier life, including sugar chemist, field hand, semi-professional baseball player, salesman, and travel bureau operator.
[4] He remained Dallas bureau chief until his retirement from Time in March 1971.
[citation needed] McCombs lived in San Antonio, Texas.
[1] The Holland McCombs Center at the University of Tennessee at Martin is named for him.