William R. Holland retired as chairman of the board of directors of FirstEnergy Corp. effective Dec. 31, 1999, after a 33-year career in the electric utility indu-stry. He stepped down as FirstEnergy CEO in April 1999, and was succeeded in that position by H. Peter Burg, who also serves as president. Under Holland`s leadership, Ohio Edison and the former Centerior Energy merged in 1997 to create FirstEnergy.





