In Memoriam

Jenelsie Walden Holloway (1920-2009)

Jenelsie W. Holloway, a longtime professor of art at Spelman College in Atlanta, died at a retirement home in Atlanta from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89 years old.

Professor Holloway was a 1941 graduate of Spelman College. She went on to pursue graduate studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before joining the Spelman faculty in 1952 she taught at Prairie View A&M University and Dillard University. After returning to Spelman she spent 38 years on the faculty until her retirement in 1990.

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