Though he was born in Kansas City, Missouri, Holden was raised on a farm in the Ozarks near Birch Tree. He attended a one-room school and earned his bachelor's degree in political science at Missouri State University (then known as Southwest Missouri State), where he was a member of the Broke Phi Broke service fraternity. He also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he took courses specifically tailored for government executives. Holden met his wife Lori Hauser Holden during his first campaign for the Missouri General Assembly and together they have two boys, Robert and John D.
His brother, Calvin Ray Holden, is a Greene County Circuit Court judge.
Robin John Holden (born 1 December 1932 in Notting Hill, Victoria) is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australia racing program for Minis which culminated with a victory in the 1966 Bathurst 500 co-driving with Rauno Aaltonen. Into the 1970s Holden moved on to race Ford Escorts in various guises, moving into Toyota Corollas in the 1980s, winning the 1.6 litre class at the Bathurst round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. In the mid-1990s Holden moved into BMW M3s and later a BMW 318iSuper Touring car in which he raced his final Bathurst in 1998, at the time setting the record for most Bathurst appearances.
Holden has continued his involvement in racing through the historic racing scene, and has restored two of his Group C specification Ford Escorts to race in historic touring car racing, although one was recently badly damaged at Oran Park. Holden is also involved in charity work, helping disadvantaged youth acquire trade skills to help establish themselves in society.
He and New YorkCouncilMember Bob Holden have been urging the NYPD and Manhattan DA’s office to investigate Kilgallen’s death for years ... Holden previously told DailyMail.com that he believes 'larger forces’ may have warned authorities to back off ... .
New York City CouncilMember Bob Holden, who has read Shaw's books on JFK and says he is '99 percent sure' Kilgallen was murdered, has joined his calls for an investigation, even making a public appeal to the DA's Office and the NYPD last year.
