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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 140
BY SENATOR WARD
COMMENDATIONS. Commends James Douglas Holden for his long and enduring
achievements and remarkable contributions.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend James Douglas Holden for his long and enduring achievements and2
remarkable contributions.3
WHEREAS, James Douglas Holden has been married to the love of his life,4
Henrietta Michelli, for seventy-one years; and5
WHEREAS, Mr. Holden is the father to three wonderful sons and grandfather to6
seven precious grandchildren; and7
WHEREAS, he served his country with honor in the United States Navy during8
World War II; and9
WHEREAS, he was a pilot for twenty years and earned his commercial pilot's license10
although he never worked for a commercial airline; and11
WHEREAS, Mr. Holden used his expertise in aviation to judge aircraft aerobatic12
competitions throughout the United States; and13
WHEREAS, he built and flew an experimental kit plane out of fiberglass; and14
WHEREAS, throughout Mr. Holden's life and career, he designed and developed15
many inventions, including an air injected pressure cooker used by Kentucky Fried Chicken16
to cook chicken at a high temperature while injecting steam pressure which allowed chicken17
to brown, stay moist and tender, and prevent it from burning at a high temperature; and18 SR NO. 140
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WHEREAS, Mr. Holden developed retention band ring type gas and oil burners and1
designed the machine that used steam injection on women's nylon hosiery to hold its shape;2
and3
WHEREAS, he also developed ground level ignition for gas flares, as well as the4
tubular air heater used to dry lumber in kilns; and5
WHEREAS, Mr. Holden developed a metering device for filling containers with6
semi-solid material and also developed a flange pack used to assemble the steel pipes on the7
Alaska oil pipeline and is still used today; and8
WHEREAS, he built furnaces which could anneal tubes used for toothpaste and fill9
those tubes at one per second; and10
WHEREAS, Mr. Holden developed an incineration process that burns plastic11
insulation off of copper wires which allows the copper to be re-used; and12
WHEREAS, he also developed the process, and furnished the steam boilers, used to13
remove the unpleasant odor from soybeans; and14
WHEREAS, Mr. Holden furnished the start-up boilers for nuclear power plants in15
middle Tennessee and Paducah, Kentucky, and developed and built the ovens employed to16
cook the drying agent used in oxygen tanks; and17
WHEREAS, James Douglas Holden merits a special measure of commendation for18
his numerous achievements and remarkable contributions, and for the tremendous pride that19
he brings to his friends, family, and community.20
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana21
does hereby commend James Douglas Holden for his long and enduring achievements and22
contributions and does hereby extend to him every good wish for continued success,23
prosperity, and happiness in the future.24
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to25
James Douglas Holden.26 SR NO. 140
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Ward SR No. 140
Commends James Douglas Holden for his enduring achievements and contributions.