He received his medical degree at the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis. He and his wife, Sandra, are members of Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock. The Lyon board, meeting at the college Thursday and Friday, also approved the election of Sam C. Cooke of Batesville to trustee emeritus status. Cooke went off the board last year and subsequently served as interim vice president of business and finance at the college until a new vice president was appointed earlier this year. Emeritus status is reserved for trustees who have concluded their final period of service as a trustee and whose service to the board has been especially outstanding.
Trustees emeriti have advisory status to the board.
The board approved resolutions expressing appreciation to five colleagues who are concluding their terms of service as trustees. Holloway, Flake and Wilson were elected as advisory trustees to the board. Each of the retiring trustees were presented with chairs bearing the official Lyon seal as tokens of appreciation for their service on the board. Holloway has been on the board for 22 years. He has served as board chairman, on the Executive Committee, the Investment Subcommittee, and the Planned Giving and Capital Gifts subcommittees.