NCRR Mourns Loss of Caroline Holloway
By Vicki Contie
Dr. Caroline T. Holloway, who last year accepted a new position as director of the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after serving on NCRR's staff for 12 years, died on Feb. 16 following a heart attack.
Dr. Caroline T. Holloway
Before coming to NIH in 1984, Holloway had conducted biomedical research at E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and later served as a teacher and researcher at the University of Virginia Medical School from 1975 to 1983. Beginning in 1985, she helped to oversee development of innovative technologies for NCRR's predecessor organization, the NIH Division of Research Resources (DRR). In 1990, Holloway was named director of DRR's Office of Science Policy and became acting director of NCRR's biomedical technology area in 1994.
Holloway is remembered as "one of the most energetic, bright individuals at NIH. She always had exciting ideas to discuss," says Dr. Louise Ramm, NCRR deputy director. "Caroline was highly committed to NCRR's mission and the advancement of biomedical research. She worked at the center in several capacities, excelling in all of them. It's sad to know that such a vibrant, warm light has left this world."
Holloway graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City College of New York, received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Duke University, and then moved on to complete her postdoctoral research at Shell Agricultural Chemicals in England.
She is survived by her husband, J. Thomas Lynn of Livermore, Calif., two children, and five siblings.
A scholarship fund has been established in her memory to help young graduate women in science. If you would like to make a donation, make checks payable to the Caroline Tobia Holloway Memorial Fund and send to Pippa Holloway, 1697 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43212.
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