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Donald Holmes was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 30, 1922. His family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was five. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served in the South Pacific as a Sonarman. After WWII he attended the University of Southern California and graduated from Sawyers Business School in 1947. He retired from the California State Board of Equalization as a Supervising Tax Auditor with over 30 years of service.