List of Hollins University people
The following is a list of individuals associated with Hollins University through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Notable alumni
Activism
- Ellen Malcolm, Founder of EMILY's List, 1969[1]
- Emily Wheat Maynard, jewelry designer and founder of Elva Fields Jewelry, 2000[1]
Arts
- Brandy S. Culp, curator of the Historic Charleston Foundation's collection of fine and decorative arts, 1998[1]
- Haruki Fujimoto, dancer, choreographer, Broadway performer, and teacher at Hollins for 20 years.
- Gaspard Louis, dancer, choreographer
- Sally Mann, photographer and writer, shortlisted for 2015 National Book Award, 1974, M.A. 1975[1]
- Katy Pyle, dancer and choreographer, artistic director of Ballez, B.A. 2002
Authors [2]
- Madison Smartt Bell, author of Ten Indians, M.A. 1981
- Jenny Boully, author of five books, associate professor of creative writing, Columbia College Chicago, 1998, M.A. 1999
- Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, 1932
- Amanda Cockrell, children's book author, 1969, M.A. 1988
- Kiran Desai, author and recipient of the Man Booker Prize in 2006, M.A. 1994[1]
- Tony D'Souza, author of Whiteman, M.A. 1998
- Cathryn Hankla, American poet, 1980, M.A. 1982
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman Of Independent Means, 1960
- Jill McCorkle, author, 1981
- Candice F. Ransom, author of children's books
- Ethel Morgan Smith, author of From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College, 1999
- Lee Smith, author and winner of many awards including the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and two O. Henry Awards, 1967[1]
- Edna Henry Lee Turpin, American author of children's books, ALND 1887
Business
- Caroline Hipple, former executive vice president of This End Up and president of Storehouse Furniture, 1977
- Shannon Ravenel, cofounder of Algonquin Press, 1960
- Alexandra Trower, executive vice president of global communications at Estee Lauder, recipient of the International Women's Media Foundation's Corporate Leadership Award, 1986[1]
Government and Public Service
- Jennifer Boysko, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2016
- Betsy B. Carr, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1968[1]
- Elizabeth Brownlee Kolmstetter, one of the first federal employees tapped to create the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the aftermath of 9/11, 1985[1]
- Pamela Jo Howell Slutz, career diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to Burundi and Mongolia, 1970
- Flo Neher Traywick, first woman in Virginia to be nominated by either party to run for Congress (House of Representatives)-Sixth Congressional District, 1945
- Elizabeth Fentress Goodwin, cofounder, National Down Syndrome Society, 1969
Higher Education
- Linda Koch Lorimer, president, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; vice president for global and strategic initiatives, Yale University, 1974
Journalism
- Suzanne Allen, Emmy Award-winning senior coordinating producer for CBS' 48 Hours, 1969
- Ann Compton, ABC News White House correspondent, 1969
- M. L. Flynn, senior producer, editorial planning, NBC Nightly News, 1972
- Mary Garber, first woman sportswriter in the Atlantic Coast Conference, 1938
- Ruth Hale, journalist, feminist, and founder of the Lucy Stone League
- M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post columnist, nominated for the James Beard Award in the journalism category for In New Orleans, Terrific Cocktails Never Went out of Fashion, 1998, M.A. 1999
- Elizabeth Valk Long, first woman publisher of Time Inc., 1972
Law
- Tiffany M. Graves, executive director, Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, 1997[1]
- Callie V. Granade, district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, 1972
Media and Entertainment
- George Butler, documentary filmmaker and writer, M.A. 1968
- Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, owner and CEO of the Gotham Group, dubbed one of Hollywood's Most Powerful Women, 1984
- Beth Macy, author, whose book Factory Man was a New York Times best seller and optioned by Playtone for an HBO mini series, M.A. 1998
- Donna Richardson, fitness and aerobics instructor, author and television sports commentator, ALND 1984
- Claire Sanders Swift, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and prominent national media consultant, 1985
- Ellen Stokes, Emmy nominated and CableACE Award winning producer and director, 1972
- Eleanor D. Wilson, actress and Tony Award nominee, 1930
- Danielle D. Rollins, Gracious Living & Stylish Entertaining™ lifestyle expert, author of Soiree: Entertaining with Style, 1990
- Sadie Tillery, director of programming, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2005
- Veronica Votypka, co-executive producer for Harpo Studios/Oprah Winfrey Network, 1999[1]
Pulitzer Prize Winners
- Mary Wells Ashworth, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, 1924
- Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, 1967, M.A. 1968[1]
- Henry S. Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, M.A. 1966
- Natasha Trethewey, American poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, United States Poet Laureate, M.A. 1991[1]
Religion
- Lindsey Moser (née Narmour), Jack Kent Cook Scholar, Medieval Literary academic, and the youngest USAF and CAP appointed chaplain in modern history, 2015[3] [4] [5]
Science and Medicine
- Jennifer Berman, pioneer in the field of female urology and female sexual medicine, 1986
- Mary E. Hatten, Frederick P. Rose Professor and head of Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Rockefeller University, 1971
Sports
- Carol Semple Thompson, amateur golf champion, elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, 1970[1]
- Charlotte Fox, first woman to have climbed three of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, 1979
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Women Who Are Going Places" (PDF). Hollins University. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Authors Archive"
- ^ "Lindsey Narmour '15, English". Hollins University. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "JKC Scholars". Jack Kent Cook Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Roots and Wild Carrots: Perseverance". Civil Air Patrol Chaplain Corps. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.