Holly Stone Blair
Candidate for the Office of Librarian General
MASSACHUSETTS
Membership
Mercy Warren Chapter in Springfield, Massachusetts
Date Admitted to the National Society: February 3, 1978, as a Junior
Life Member
Education & Training
GEP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8; New Members Course, New Horizons Course, Committee Leaders Course
DAR Awards
1966 “Excellence in History” medal won for writing essay on George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Executive Officer/Vice President General
Vice President General (2020-2023)
National Chair
DAR Library Outreach (2022-2025), Constitution Week (2019-2022)
National Vice Chair
Northeastern Division Vice Chair, DAR Museum Outreach (2013-2016)
Continental Congress Service
Memorial Service (National Vice Chair, 2023-2025)
National Committee Member
Advisor, NSDAR Boston Tea Party Event (2023); Advisor, NSDAR Boston Massacre Event (2020); Organizer and co-chair, Northeast School Tour (2019)
Additional Appointments
Member, Hillside Board of Trustees
State Executive Board Service
State Regent (2016-2019), Vice Regent (2013-2016), Organizing Secretary (2010-2013), Honorary State Regent, State Board of Management (2013-2019)
Highlights of State Regent Service
- 2019: MDAR Forest, Goshen, Massachusetts. Project included providing 47 benches made from recycled plastic for trails, beaches and campsites. Daughters purchased benches and named them in honor of their Patriots, chapters or family. Also provided signage and a fire pit for the Nature Center.
- 2019: Updated MDAR Museum/Library at Hillside School.
- 2018: Daughters provided mattresses, linens and furniture for women veterans who reside in Trust House, a rehabilitation home affiliated with the Veterans Administration, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
- 2017: Daughters provided funds for the Innovation Lab at Hillside School, providing a laser printer and other needed supplies, as well as music stands and sheet music for the chorus.
State Chair Service
Hancock-Adams Period Room, Washington, D.C. (2013-2025); President General’s Project Sales (2016-2017); State Regent’s Project Sales (2013-2016)
State Vice Chair Service
DAR Forest (2013-2025)
State Committee Service
Bylaws (2023-2025), Finance (2013-2019), MDAR Endowment Trustee (2013-2019), Chapter Development and Revitalization (2010-2013)
Chapter Officer Service
Chapter Regent (three terms), Vice Regent, Chaplain, Treasurer (two terms), Registrar, Honorary Regent
Chapter Committee Service
ROTC; Veterans Parade and Bingo for Veterans; George Washington Birthday Remembrance, including securing proclamation from City of Springfield; Constitution Week, including securing proclamation from City of Springfield; Christmas gifts for children in foster care; annual and Christmas luncheons (chair)
National Club Affiliations
Vice Presidents General Club (Vice President), State Regents Club, State Vice Regents Club, National Officers Club, National Chairmen’s Association, National Vice Chairmen’s Association
State Club Affiliations
State Officers Club (Chaplain), MDAR Regents Association (Chaplain), Cameo Club (President, Vice President), Juniors Club, Ex-Regents Club
Donor Recognition Societies
Heritage Club, Founders Club, Sustaining Supporter (10 years)
C.A.R./Community Service
- C.A.R.: Senior State Veterans Chair, Senior American Heritage Chair, Senior Historian.
- SAR: Martha Washington Medal (2019), SAR Good Citizen Medal (2018).
- Outstanding Young Women of America.
- Lineage societies include: National Society United States Daughters of 1812, First Families of Kentucky, Descendants of Valley Forge, National Society of Colonial Dames of America, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and National Society of Union Veterans.
- Forest Park Civic Association.
- Springfield Preservation Trust.
- Friends of the Library (board member).
- Kentucky Colonel.
- Commonwealth Ambassador of Kentucky.
- Trinity United Methodist Church: member of Mission Board, Open and Parkside Pantry food distribution, usher, secretary for United Women in Faith, coordinator for JFON (Justice for our Neighbors) and Ways and Means Committee.
Professional
Banking/finance. Branch management and consumer lending. Realtor.
Education & Personal
Alumna, Arkansas State University. Married to Dr. Donald Waring Blair. Two daughters: Dr. Sarah Ruth Hawkins-Lear and Katherine Ashby Hawkins-Leyland, both DAR members. Two grandsons, Whitaker Hawkins Leyland and Walker Ashby Leyland, both life members of C.A.R.