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January 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Namibia: Iraq: Awards: KFOR: Slain RPCV Fern Holland named Oklahoman of the Year
Slain RPCV Fern Holland named Oklahoman of the Year
Slain RPCV Fern Holland named Oklahoman of the Year
Oklahoman slain in Iraq named Oklahoman of the Year
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: January 1, 2005 6:47 AM
An Oklahoma lawyer who died while helping women in Iraq has been named Oklahoman of the Year for 2004 by a statewide magazine.
Oklahoma Today announced the selection of Fern Holland in a cover story in the January/February edition. Holland is the first person to be named posthumously, said editor-in-chief Louisa McCune.
The 33-year-old attorney was killed in a roadside ambush on March 9th near Hillah, Iraq. She she worked there for the Coalition Provisional Authority as a women's rights expert.
Holland also served in the Peace Corps in Namibia and helped establish legal aid clinics for abused women in refugee camps in Guinea in West Africa.
The magazine's past honorees include Garth Brooks, Toby Keith and David Boren.
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