Lawrence Peter Hollis
"Pete"
1883 - 1978
It can be done
[North Face]:
Superintent of Parker District Schools.
Founded the first Adult Education Center in Greenville Coounty.
Introduced Vocational Education (Forerunner of Technical Education Colleges in South Carolina).
President of South Carolina Education Association.
Leader in peaceful integration.
Founded the Singing Christmas Tree.
[South Face]:
Organized Greenville's first basketball team.
Started the first Boy Scout Troop in South Carolina.
Headed Monagham YMCA.
Founded the Maternity Shelter.
Organized Greenville Senior Citizen's Center.
[Ground Marker]:
No printed page, no spoken plea,
may teach young hearts what men should be.
Not all the books on all the shelves,
but what the teachers are themselves.
Motto in Dr. Hollis' Office
[Ground Marker]:
His interest in human beings and zeal for human welfare were driving forces in Parker District.
David G. Wittel, Saturday Evening Post
Marker is at the intersection of Buncombe Street (Pete Hollis Highway) (South Carolina Route 183) and Rutherford Street (South Carolina Route 25) when traveling north on Buncombe Street (Pete Hollis Highway).
Courtesy hmdb.org
