Re: Palaima receives award

she sounds amazing. Thanks for finding this, Lora!  Judy Hallett

Lora Holland wrote:

No. Sterling Holloway practiced law in my hometown of Brownwood, Texas, but I don't know if this was his birthplace. Found an article about his wife, Jean...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fho95.html

HOLLOWAY, JEAN MACMULLEN (1911-1984). Jean MacMullen Holloway, writer and attorney, was born in San Francisco on October 16, 1911. She moved to Texas with her family in 1916 and studied at the Hockaday School qv in Dallas. After graduating from the University of Texas at the age of seventeen in 1929, she married Sterling Holloway, an attorney, and studied law in his office in Brownwood. At the age of nineteen she successfully petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for permission to take the bar examination on the ground that she was married and therefore not legally a minor. Granted a license to practice law in 1930, Mrs. Holloway was the youngest person ever to pass the Texas bar.

In 1936 the Holloways moved to Fort Worth, where Jean owned and managed the Commercial Employment Service from 1937 to 1940. She was a licensed pilot and served at the Army Air Force Training Center in Fort Worth as assistant to Jacqueline Cochran, director of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, qv during World War II. qv From 1943 until 1945 she was on the staff of the Southwest Review .qv She earned an M.A. degree at Texas Christian University in 1948 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas in 1950.

>From the fall of 1950 until the spring of 1952, Mrs. Holloway served as the first editor of the newly established University of Texas Press. qv After moving permanently to Austin in 1954, she divided her time between writing and the law. She published two biographies, Edward Everett Hale (1956) and Hamlin Garland: A Biography (1960), and taught briefly in the English department at Huston-Tillotson College in 1965. She maintained a law practice with her husband until his death in 1976 and served as counsel to the firm thereafter.

As a founding member of the Austin Commission on Human Relations and editor of its newsletter, she worked for integration. She served on the Chancellor's Council at the University of Texas and in 1970 endowed the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Sciences. In 1984 she gave $20,000, which was matched by the university, to endow a lectureship in the College of Liberal Arts in her husband's name. Jean Holloway died on May 20, 1984, en route home from the Soviet Union, where she had been attending a legal seminar, and was buried in Austin Memorial Park. She was survived by a daughter and a son.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Austin American , June 15, 1960, May 25, 1984. Texas Authors File, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.

Judith N. McArthur

Lora L. Holland
Assistant Professor of Classics
CPO 1630
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC 28801-8505


On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 08:01 AM, jh10 wrote:

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Is the donor the actor Sterling Holloway (d.1992), whose voice graced many a
Disney film?> Judy Hallett

Good news!

http://www.texasexes.org/news_item.php3?id=3D185&AddInterest=3D1292

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Palaima to receive Holloway Award

May 2004

Classics professor Thomas Palaima to receive one of the oldest teaching=20=

awards on campus.

In 1970, Jean and Sterling Holloway endowed one of The University of=20
Texas=92 first teaching awards to formally establish that students =
should=20
play a role in the selection of teaching awards. Since then, each=20
spring, a group of 10 students =96 five from the College of Liberal Arts=20=

and five from the College of Natural Sciences =96 have come together to=20=

read and evaluate nominations made by fellow students and to select the=20=

recipient of the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching.

According to the Holloways, =93The person selected should demonstrate a=20=

warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the=20
ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent=20
inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding=20=

of the permanent values of our culture.=94 The award features a stipend=20=

that was valued at $1,000 in 1971 and is adjusted every-other-year to=20
have the same purchasing power.

This year, Thomas G. Palaima, the Dickson Centennial Professor of=20
Classics, will be honored with the with Holloway Award. Palaima will=20
join former Holloway laureates at a dinner in his honor on May 10.

Palaima has been teaching at the university since 1986. Of his=20
teaching, one student said, =93He introduced to me a passion for life I=20=

never yet witnessed in any pedagogue, let alone one from the Classics=20
Department. It was my sincere pleasure to be under his tutelage day in=20=

and out, whether he was teaching me Greek or about life in general. =20
His instruction has afforded me invaluable lessons about teaching,=20
humanity, and the world around while at the same time, goading me and=20
others to see the Greek language in such a way that I will never, ever=20=

forget it or him.=94

Palaima=92s lectures have been likened to =93watching someone ride a=20
tilt-a-whirl at an amusement park=94 and his students appreciate his=20
ability to keep a dead language alive and interesting. As one said,=20
=93He compares Bob Dylan to Homer, quotes James Brown to illustrate=20
grammatical points, and translates bits of Elvis songs into Greek.=94

Palaima says of his teaching philosophy: =93I have never had one and am=20=

not going to invent one now. The closest I can come to one is to state=20=

a belief or feeling that teaching is a profession in the literal sense,=20=

a way of declaring =91These things have meaning for us as human beings=20=

and we are here to explore them together, to see them in new ways, to=20
keep them alive and to share them with others.=92=94

Former Holloway Laureates:

1970: Dr. Clifton Grubbs, Economics
1971: Dr. Richard Kraemer, Government
1972: Dr. Stephen Monti, Chemistry
1973: Dr. Charles Rossman, English
1974: Dr. Vernon Briggs, Economics
1975: Dr. John Trimble, English
1976: Dr. James Vick, Mathematics
1977: Dr. William Galston, Government
1978: Ms. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Comparative Studies
1979: Dr. Oliver Radkey, History
1980: Dr. Katherine Davis, Mathematics
1981: Dr. John Zammito, History
1982: Dr. Patricia Kruppa, History
1983: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, English
1984: Dr. Norman Farmer, English
1985: Dr. David Francis, Classics
1986: Dr. Charles Holahan, Psychology
1987: Dr. Mary Baker, French
1988: Dr. George Wright, History
1989: Dr. Alan Campion, Chemistry
1990: Dr. Jerome Bump, English
1991: Dr. George Forgie, History
1992: Dr. Melvin E. L. Oakes, Physics
1993: Dr. David A. Laude, Chemistry
1994: Dr. Mia Carter, English
1995: Dr. Michael Starbird, Mathematics
1996: Dr. Raymond Davis, Chemistry
1997: Dr. Henry Dietz, Government
1998: Dr. John White, Chemistry
1999: Dr. Eric Anslyn, Chemistry
2000: Dr. Toyin Falola, History
2001: Dr. Brent L. Iverson, Chemistry
2002: Dr. Howard Miller, History
2003: Dr. Mark Southern, Germanic Studies

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Good news!


http://www.texasexes.org/news_item.php3?id=3D185&AddInterest=3D1292


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<bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>Palaima to receive Holloway
Award=20


</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger>May 2004=20


</bold>Classics professor Thomas Palaima to receive one of the oldest
teaching awards on campus.=20


In 1970, Jean and Sterling Holloway endowed one of The University of
Texas=92 first teaching awards to formally establish that students
should play a role in the selection of teaching awards. Since then,
each spring, a group of 10 students =96 five from the College of Liberal
Arts and five from the College of Natural Sciences =96 have come
together to read and evaluate nominations made by fellow students and
to select the recipient of the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in
Teaching.=20


According to the Holloways, =93The person selected should demonstrate a
warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the
ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent
inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding
of the permanent values of our culture.=94 The award features a stipend
that was valued at $1,000 in 1971 and is adjusted every-other-year to
have the same purchasing power.=20


This year, Thomas G. Palaima, the Dickson Centennial Professor of
Classics, will be honored with the with Holloway Award. Palaima will
join former Holloway laureates at a dinner in his honor on May 10.=20


Palaima has been teaching at the university since 1986. Of his
teaching, one student said, =93He introduced to me a passion for life I
never yet witnessed in any pedagogue, let alone one from the Classics
Department. It was my sincere pleasure to be under his tutelage day
in and out, whether he was teaching me Greek or about life in general.=20=

His instruction has afforded me invaluable lessons about teaching,
humanity, and the world around while at the same time, goading me and
others to see the Greek language in such a way that I will never, ever
forget it or him.=94=20


Palaima=92s lectures have been likened to =93watching someone ride a
tilt-a-whirl at an amusement park=94 and his students appreciate his
ability to keep a dead language alive and interesting. As one said,
=93He compares Bob Dylan to Homer, quotes James Brown to illustrate
grammatical points, and translates bits of Elvis songs into Greek.=94=20


Palaima says of his teaching philosophy: =93I have never had one and am
not going to invent one now. The closest I can come to one is to
state a belief or feeling that teaching is a profession in the literal
sense, a way of declaring =91These things have meaning for us as human
beings and we are here to explore them together, to see them in new
ways, to keep them alive and to share them with others.=92=94=20


<bold>Former Holloway Laureates:=20


</bold>1970: Dr. Clifton Grubbs, Economics=20

1971: Dr. Richard Kraemer, Government=20

1972: Dr. Stephen Monti, Chemistry=20

1973: Dr. Charles Rossman, English=20

1974: Dr. Vernon Briggs, Economics=20

1975: Dr. John Trimble, English=20

1976: Dr. James Vick, Mathematics=20

1977: Dr. William Galston, Government=20

1978: Ms. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Comparative Studies=20

1979: Dr. Oliver Radkey, History=20

1980: Dr. Katherine Davis, Mathematics=20

1981: Dr. John Zammito, History=20

1982: Dr. Patricia Kruppa, History=20

1983: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, English=20

1984: Dr. Norman Farmer, English=20

1985: Dr. David Francis, Classics=20

1986: Dr. Charles Holahan, Psychology=20

1987: Dr. Mary Baker, French=20

1988: Dr. George Wright, History=20

1989: Dr. Alan Campion, Chemistry=20

1990: Dr. Jerome Bump, English=20

1991: Dr. George Forgie, History=20

1992: Dr. Melvin E. L. Oakes, Physics=20

1993: Dr. David A. Laude, Chemistry=20

1994: Dr. Mia Carter, English=20

1995: Dr. Michael Starbird, Mathematics=20

1996: Dr. Raymond Davis, Chemistry=20

1997: Dr. Henry Dietz, Government=20

1998: Dr. John White, Chemistry=20

1999: Dr. Eric Anslyn, Chemistry=20

2000: Dr. Toyin Falola, History=20

2001: Dr. Brent L. Iverson, Chemistry=20

2002: Dr. Howard Miller, History=20

2003: Dr. Mark Southern, Germanic Studies=20

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