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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHolleman Rites Set 021005I3olleman T. R. HOLLEMAN ~Iolle~~an • ~ bites het Mere Today T. R. (Nikkie) Holleman, ar- chitecture professor at Texas A&M University. and member of the College Station City Council, died Friday night at his home of an apparent heart attack. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Hillier Funeral Chapel with burial in the Ma- sonic Cemetery at Caldwell. Professor Holleman, 52, join- ed the A&M Faculty in 1946 aft- er serving as a submarine of- ficer during World War II. He was promoted to professor in 1957 and a year later was nam- ed head of the then Division of Architecture. He requested re- turn to full time teaching duties in 1963 but later assumed addi- tional responsibilities as director of the School of Architecture's student records and counseling section. He was elected to his current term as city councilman in Ap- ril. He had previously served on the council and was a can- didate for mayor in 1965. A registered architect, Prof. Holleman was a 1939 graduate of Texas A&M University, where he also received a Master of Architecture degree in 1951. He was a member of nurner•• ous professional organizations and was past director of the Texas Society of Architects. In the late 1950's he was appoint- ed by the governor to serve on an advisory committee to the (See HOLLEMAN Page 8) (Continued From Page 1) as State Building Commis- A native of Wealthy, Prof. ~ Holleman resided at 1110 Land- ford • and was a member of A&M Methodist Church. He also was a member of the Rotary l~l..L Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Bess Holleman of College Station; two sons, John. IIo]leman of College Station, and Mike Holleman, also of College Station; three brothers, Milton Holleman of Austin, Kenneth Holleman of Sandia, and Maurice Holleman of Pana- ma City, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs. John Miller of Georg West, Mrs. J. B. McCarley of Luling, Mrs. Jack Pearson of Alice, rs. Ted Koehler of Poteet, and iss Lothell Holleman of San- dia; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holleman of Sandia. Pallbearers at the Holleman services include W. D. Fitch, Homer Adams, Les Palmer, Lambert Wilkes, James Marsh, Don Dale, Robert F. White, and John Longley. Mayor D. A. (Andy) Ander- son said of •Holleman's death, "In his passing, the city has sus- tained a loss of a very able councilman. He has worked dili- gently on behalf of our commu- nity. Speaking for myself, I will surely miss him." In tribute to the councilman, the flag at the College Station City Hall will be flown at half mast.