Ernest l. holloway sr. biography
Ernest L. Holloway, a current and founding board member of KIPP Reach College Preparatory.
Ernest Holloway was born September 12, in Boley, Oklahoma.!
Former president of Langston University dies
Ernest L. Holloway, who served longer than any other president of Langston University, died Saturday.
He was 81.
Holloway was being treated for stomach cancer in Texas, said Currie Ballard, former university historian in residence.
Holloway, who became the university's 14th president in 1979, spent more than 40 years at the school in a variety of positions.
He served as the school's registrar, a professor, vice president of administration and dean of student affairs.
Holloway also was a student at Langston.
Holloway was inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 1999.
In 2002, he was presented with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Education Leadership Award, which recognized Holloway as a leader in education.
The university had five presidents in less than 10 years before Holloway became president, and during that time there was talk of closing the school.
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