EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1842 as Valley Union Seminary.

Location:
Roanoke County, VA

Founding Date:
1842

Enrollment:
1000

Official Website:
http://www.hollins.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Annie Dillard	Author	30-Apr-1945		Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Ruth Hale	Activist	1886	18-Sep-1933	Maiden name crusader
Linda Koch Lorimer	Business	c. 1953		Secretary of Yale University
Ellen Malcolm	Activist	2-Feb-1947		Founder, EMILY's List
Lee Smith	Novelist	1944		Fancy Strut

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Batten	Publisher	11-Feb-1927	10-Sep-2009	Founder, The Weather Channel
Linda Koch Lorimer	Business	c. 1953		Secretary of Yale University
Jane Margaret O'Brien	Educator	c. 1953		President, St. Mary's College of Maryland
George C. Peery	Politician	28-Oct-1873	14-Oct-1952	Governor of Virginia, 1934-38

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