Bible and Math professor receive two most prestigious faculty awards
Janel Shoun |
Dr. Gary Holloway, the Ijams Professor of Bible, has received the David Laine Memorial Travel Allowance, made possible by a gift from Dr. Alton and Mary Baker of Birmingham, Ala., in memory of Dr. Baker’s classmate David Laine.
The Laine Award, provides a $5,000 stipend to support additional study in the recipient’s discipline. Faculty members submit travel proposals to a selection committee consisting of previous recipients of the Baker and Laine awards.
Holloway, who has been on the Lipscomb faculty since 1996, will spend the summer traveling and studying Celtic history and spirituality. The Celtic period served as a hinge of history between the classical and medieval periods, so it is relevant to today’s world, as we are now living in a hinge period between the modern and post-modern eras.
Holloway is the associate director of the Center for Spiritual Renewal at Lipscomb University and preaches at Natchez Trace Church of Christ. He has published a number of study guides and books such as Living God’s Love: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Deb Holloway, who is also on the Lipscomb faculty.
Dr. Gary Hall, Professor of Mathematics, has received the John William Baker Summer Fellowship Award. Hall has been on the Lipscomb faculty since 1989.
The Baker award is made possible annually by Alton and Mary Baker in appreciation of the quality education Dr. Baker received while enrolled as an undergraduate student at Lipscomb.
The $5,000 award is to be used for research that will contribute to the advancement of academic excellence and is to be awarded to a university teacher manifesting excellence in the classroom.
The nomination of Hall for the award stated, “His is a great example of servant leadership. Gary gives his time in organizing Math/Science Days, sponsoring the Mathematics Club, teaching in the Lipscomb Seminar program and conducting a Friday chapel. He does an excellent job in the classroom. His students see him as a man of deep faith.”
Hall holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt University, and is a deacon and Bible school teacher at Crieve Hall Church of Christ. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Anita Kay, and his two children.