Roll Call Tribute
Jack Holloway '51 November 9, 2017 8:26 AM updated: November 9, 2017 8:28 AM
(Published in) The (Bryan-College Station) Eagle (on) November 9, 2017
Holloway, Jack
January 11, 1930 - November 3, 2017
Mr. Holloway passed from this life on November 3, 2017. A Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Memorial Funeral Home in Hearne. Interment will be at The Family Cemetery in Itasca, Texas at a later date.
He is survived by his wife, Norma S. Holloway; daughter, Janice Holloway; son, Phillip Holloway; stepson, Mark Gagliardo; and a sister, Margaret Alverson. He is preceded in death by two children, Paul Holloway and Nancy Holloway.
Jack Harrell Holloway was born in Itasca (Hill County) Texas, Jan. 11, 1930 to Travis & Zelma Holloway.
He attended school in Itasca, graduating in 1947. Jack played football & baseball for the Wampus Cats. He graduated from high school then attended Texas A&M, graduating in 1951 with a degree in business finance. He loved art & was quite a good artist. Jack wrote the following; "those of my vintage have logged many miles and experiences since 1951 graduation from Texas A&M. I will try to be brief by noting my two year army infantry obligation in Georgia, California and joining the 24th infantry division in Japan following my return from Korea. I served as weapon platoon leader.
"After my service I spent a year at University of Texas law school, courtesy of the GI Bill & my business career included a fortune 500 company with offices located in Dallas, Memphis, San Francisco, LA and Houston. After a sufficient number of years of corporate employment in 1979, I established my own executive search firm, reputed to be the first in Houston to specialize in the recruitment & placement of experienced attorneys for corporate legal staffs, earning a five-star rating by the American Lawyer's 1983 Survey of Legal Recruiters. I am writing this from a noted Brazos Valley Home which my wife and best friend, Norma and I discovered and purchased in 1979. With care, cost and affection we brought it into the Texas Historic Landmarks designation in 1981, followed by the national register in 1982.
"The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, who in no small way helped to shape this small town boy's further understanding and importance of discipline, duty, principle' respect, spirit and the ongoing recognition that luck is not accurately measured in dollars & cents per se, but rather by sense & choices. Gig'em."
Holloway, Jack
January 11, 1930 - November 3, 2017
Mr. Holloway passed from this life on November 3, 2017. A Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Memorial Funeral Home in Hearne. Interment will be at The Family Cemetery in Itasca, Texas at a later date.
He is survived by his wife, Norma S. Holloway; daughter, Janice Holloway; son, Phillip Holloway; stepson, Mark Gagliardo; and a sister, Margaret Alverson. He is preceded in death by two children, Paul Holloway and Nancy Holloway.
Jack Harrell Holloway was born in Itasca (Hill County) Texas, Jan. 11, 1930 to Travis & Zelma Holloway.
He attended school in Itasca, graduating in 1947. Jack played football & baseball for the Wampus Cats. He graduated from high school then attended Texas A&M, graduating in 1951 with a degree in business finance. He loved art & was quite a good artist. Jack wrote the following; "those of my vintage have logged many miles and experiences since 1951 graduation from Texas A&M. I will try to be brief by noting my two year army infantry obligation in Georgia, California and joining the 24th infantry division in Japan following my return from Korea. I served as weapon platoon leader.
"After my service I spent a year at University of Texas law school, courtesy of the GI Bill & my business career included a fortune 500 company with offices located in Dallas, Memphis, San Francisco, LA and Houston. After a sufficient number of years of corporate employment in 1979, I established my own executive search firm, reputed to be the first in Houston to specialize in the recruitment & placement of experienced attorneys for corporate legal staffs, earning a five-star rating by the American Lawyer's 1983 Survey of Legal Recruiters. I am writing this from a noted Brazos Valley Home which my wife and best friend, Norma and I discovered and purchased in 1979. With care, cost and affection we brought it into the Texas Historic Landmarks designation in 1981, followed by the national register in 1982.
"The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, who in no small way helped to shape this small town boy's further understanding and importance of discipline, duty, principle' respect, spirit and the ongoing recognition that luck is not accurately measured in dollars & cents per se, but rather by sense & choices. Gig'em."
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