16 Notable alumni of
Hollins University
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Hollins University is 2040th in the world, 692nd in North America, and 649th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Hollins University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Annie Dillard
- Enrolled in Hollins University
- In 1968 graduated with Master of Arts in English literature
- Occupations
- essayistuniversity teachernovelistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and nonfiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. From 1980, Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Natasha Trethewey
- Enrolled in Hollins University
- In 1991 graduated with Master of Arts in creative writing and English studies
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Natasha Trethewey is an American poet who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard, and is a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi.
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Lottie Moon
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon was an American Southern Baptist missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board who spent nearly 40 years (1873–1912) living and working in China. As a teacher and evangelist she laid a foundation for traditionally solid support for missions among Southern Baptists, especially through its Woman's Missionary Union.
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Donna Richardson
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Donna Richardson Joyner is an American fitness and aerobics instructor, author and ESPN television sports commentator. Widely known for her series of fitness videos, she was appointed in 2006 by President George W. Bush to serve on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She also produces and hosts Donna Richardson: Mind, Body, & Spirit, which airs on TV One, and Sweating In The Spirit, which airs on The Word Network.
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Dorothy Dix
- Occupations
- newspaperpersonwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist. As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists, Dix was America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death. Her advice on marriage was syndicated in newspapers around the world. With an estimated audience of 60 million readers, she became a popular and recognized figure on her travels abroad. In addition to her journalistic work, she joined in the campaign for women's suffrage and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Ann Compton
- Occupations
- journalistreporter
- Biography
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Ann Compton is an American retired news reporter and White House correspondent for ABC News Radio.
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Lyda Hill
- Occupations
- philanthropistnurse
- Biography
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Lyda Hill is an American investor and philanthropist. She is a member of the Hunt family.
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Mary K. Gaillard
- Enrolled in Hollins University
- In 1960 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mary Katharine Gaillard was an American theoretical physicist, known for her work in particle physics. She was a professor of the graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, a member of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, and visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She was Berkeley's first tenured female physicist.
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Jennifer Boysko
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jennifer Barton Boysko is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. She represents the 38th district in the Virginia Senate. Previously, she represented the 86th district in the Virginia House of Delegates, which is located in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Garrett Epps
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Enrolled in Hollins University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- writernovelistjournalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Garrett Epps is an American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist. He was a professor of law at the University of Baltimore until his retirement in June 2020; previously he was the Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law at the University of Oregon where he returned after his retirement from the University of Baltimore.
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Richard McCann
- Years
- 1949-2021 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- university teacherpoetwriter
- Biography
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Richard John McCann was an American writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He lived in Washington, D.C., where he was a longtime professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University.
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Heather Fitzenhagen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Heather Dawes Fitzenhagen is a Republican politician from Florida. She represented the 78th District, encompassing Fort Myers, in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020.
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Pamela J. H. Slutz
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Pamela Jo Howell Slutz was a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, and as U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia. Over the course of her career, she has also served in various diplomatic posts in Kenya, Taiwan, Indonesia, and China. She was the recipient of two U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Awards and the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. After retiring in 2012, Slutz continued to work part-time for the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State. From 2019 to 2024 she served as president of The Mongolia Society.
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Helen Pickett
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Hollins University
- In 2011 graduated with Master of Fine Arts in dance
- Occupations
- choreographerworkshop leader
- Biography
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Helen Pickett is an American choreographer for stage and film, and has been described as “one of the few prominent women in ballet today”. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Dance from Hollins University in 2011.
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Cathryn Hankla
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Cathryn Hankla (born March 20, 1958) is an American poet, novelist, essayist and author of short stories. She is professor emerita of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia, and served as inaugural director of Hollins' Jackson Center for Creative Writing Archived 2022-01-05 at the Wayback Machine from 2008 to 2012.
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Katy Pyle
- Occupations
- performing artist
- Biography
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Katy Pyle is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. They are the founder and artistic director of Ballez.
