Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Hollinger, Ben April 15, 1889 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

BEN HOLLINGER, Supervisor and Merchant. First elected to public office when 
only 25 years of age, Ben Hollinger, supervisor and Honolulu business man, has 
the distinction of being the youngest man ever elected to the city and county 
board of supervisors. For the past ten years, although he has devoted much of 
his time to public service, he has also developed his interests in various 
business enterprises.
  He has served continuously since 1914 as a supervisor and at present is 
senior member of the board. He has aided in numerous civic improvements, chief 
among these being the establishment of the first public playground in 
Honolulu, the public zoo, and the reorganization of the city water works 
department. During the past few years he has been active in devising methods 
to place city departments on more efficient and economical operating basis. In 
business life, Mr. Hollinger is president and general manager of the Honolulu 
Rubber Works, Ltd., organized in 1911, and is president of Ben Hollinger & 
Co., Ltd.
  In 1906, Mr. Hollinger went to work as a clerk for the firm of Lord & 
Belser, contractors, and held a similar position with the Honolulu 
Construction & Draying Co., Ltd., from 1908 to 1918, when he entered business 
for himself, purchasing an interest in the Honolulu Rubber Works, Ltd.
  He is chairman of the finance committee of the board of supervisors and has 
served as a member of the parks, playgrounds, public buildings, civil service 
and other committees.
  Born in Honolulu, April 15, 1889, Mr. Hollinger is the son of the late 
Thomas Hollinger, who came to Hawaii in 1884 from Ontario, Canada. The elder 
Hollinger was a farrier in Honolulu for many years, and died here in 1922 
after a continuous residence of almost forty years.
  Mr. Hollinger was educated at St. Louis College. He married Louise Bushnell, 
Sept. 14, 1910, and they have three children, Louise Mae, Ben. Jr., and 
Stephanie Carol Hollinger.
  Mr. Hollinger is a member of the Commercial, Phoenix, Rotary and Automobile 
Clubs, St. Louis College Alumnae, and the Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally, he 
is an Elk, Owl, Forester, Y.M.I. and Chiefs of Hawaii.


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