Peggy Hollyday was a top-notch biologist whose last position was at Bryn Mawr. She loved singing and playing music and had a number of very dedicated students for whom she was a mentor. Peg shared a suite in Worth with me and our friends Artley Swift Wolfson and Chris Erb our senior year. I miss Peg so much!
It is with deep regret and sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Margaret Anne Hollyday, Professor of Biology and Psychology, on Friday, July 14, after a valiant battle with cancer. My thanks to Professor of Biology, Karen Greif, who supplied much of the substance of this message.
Peggy's daughter Rachel was at her side when she died. Rachel and her twin brother Jed are with their father, Paul Grobstein. Other surviving family members are her mother, Helen, and brothers Bill and John.
Peggy was born in New Jersey on June 23, 1947. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. at Duke University in 1974. After postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, Peggy joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. She became Professor of Biology and Psychology at Bryn Mawr in 1987. Her research, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, addressed questions of early pattern formation in the developing nervous system. Peggy was an avid choral singer and a regular participant in the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorale.
Peggy was a fine scholar and teacher, and an extraordinary friend and colleague to so many of us. She will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 22 at 3 pm at the Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 South Valley Forge Road, Devon. Another memorial event will be held at the College in the fall.
Sincerely, Nancy Vickers President Bryn Mawr College
Fran Putnam, Artley Swift Wolfson, and I attended our roommate Peggy Hollyday's memorial service on Saturday, driving to Pennsylvania together from our respective homes in Vermont and Massachusetts. We celebrate Peg's life, and we grieve for her and for her family.
Peg continued to teach biology at Bryn Mawr until March and to do research at home until a few days before her death. One of her former students, now in the same field, flew in from California on short notice. She spoke with us at length about Peg's accomplishments in the field of neurobiology and about Peg's influence upon her own work.
Peg's goal was to live long enough to attend her twins' graduations from college this spring. She did so, I think, by sheer will. So I'd like to write a few words about her children.
Rachel Grobstein graduated from Bowdoin in May, after studying philosophy and painting. An art-related job enabled her to work at home this summer and be with her mother these last weeks. During her junior year abroad she biked across France and Spain, studied philosophy at Oxford, and took extraordinary photographs of Rome.
Jed Grobstein graduated from Pomona, also in May, studying philosophy, politics, and economics, and was elected to be the class speaker at his graduation. His speech, his mother said, contained "just the right amount of humor and from-the-heart", and included a tribute to her for the encouragement she had always given him. He was active in many musical and dramatic productions, and is currently teaching math to high-schoolers in the South Bronx.
It is with deep regret and sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Margaret Anne Hollyday, Professor of Biology and Psychology, on Friday, July 14, 2006, after a valiant battle with cancer. My thanks to Professor of Biology, Karen Greif, who supplied much of the substance of this message.
Peggy's daughter Rachel was at her side when she died. Rachel and her twin brother Jed are with their father, Paul Grobstein. Other surviving family members are her mother, Helen, and brothers Bill and John.
Peggy was born in New Jersey on June 23, 1947. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. at Duke University in 1974. After postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, Peggy joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. She became Professor of Biology and Psychology at Bryn Mawr in 1987. Her research, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, addressed questions of early pattern formation in the developing nervous system. Peggy was an avid choral singer and a regular participant in the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorale.
Peggy was a fine scholar and teacher, and an extraordinary friend and colleague to so many of us. She will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 22 at 3 pm at the Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 South Valley Forge Road, Devon. Another memorial event will be held at the College in the fall.
Sincerely,
Nancy Vickers
President
Bryn Mawr College
Fran Putnam
Peggy Hollyday was a top-notch biologist whose last position was at Bryn Mawr. She loved singing and playing music and had a number of very dedicated students for whom she was a mentor. Peg shared a suite in Worth with me and our friends Artley Swift Wolfson and Chris Erb our senior year. I miss Peg so much!
Jeffrey Hart
Dear members of the Bryn Mawr community,
It is with deep regret and sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Margaret Anne Hollyday, Professor of Biology and Psychology, on Friday, July 14, after a valiant battle with cancer. My thanks to Professor of Biology, Karen Greif, who supplied much of the substance of this message.
Peggy's daughter Rachel was at her side when she died. Rachel and her twin brother Jed are with their father, Paul Grobstein. Other surviving family members are her mother, Helen, and brothers Bill and John.
Peggy was born in New Jersey on June 23, 1947. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. at Duke University in 1974. After postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, Peggy joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. She became Professor of Biology and Psychology at Bryn Mawr in 1987. Her research, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, addressed questions of early pattern formation in the developing nervous system. Peggy was an avid choral singer and a regular participant in the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorale.
Peggy was a fine scholar and teacher, and an extraordinary friend and colleague to so many of us. She will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 22 at 3 pm at the Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 South Valley Forge Road, Devon. Another memorial event will be held at the College in the fall.
Sincerely,
Nancy Vickers
President
Bryn Mawr College
Jeffrey Hart
From: Chriserb@aol.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:09:01 EDT
Subject: Peggy Hollyday
To: hartj@indiana.edu
Jeff,
Fran Putnam, Artley Swift Wolfson, and I attended our roommate Peggy Hollyday's memorial service on Saturday, driving to Pennsylvania together from our respective homes in Vermont and Massachusetts. We celebrate Peg's life, and we grieve for her and for her family.
Peg continued to teach biology at Bryn Mawr until March and to do research at home until a few days before her death. One of her former students, now in the same field, flew in from California on short notice. She spoke with us at length about Peg's accomplishments in the field of neurobiology and about Peg's influence upon her own work.
Peg's goal was to live long enough to attend her twins' graduations from college this spring. She did so, I think, by sheer will. So I'd like to write a few words about her children.
Rachel Grobstein graduated from Bowdoin in May, after studying philosophy and painting. An art-related job enabled her to work at home this summer and be with her mother these last weeks. During her junior year abroad she biked across France and Spain, studied philosophy at Oxford, and took extraordinary photographs of Rome.
Jed Grobstein graduated from Pomona, also in May, studying philosophy, politics, and economics, and was elected to be the class speaker at his graduation. His speech, his mother said, contained "just the right amount of humor and from-the-heart", and included a tribute to her for the encouragement she had always given him. He was active in many musical and dramatic productions, and is currently teaching math to high-schoolers in the South Bronx.
As noted in the Philadelphia Inquirer [ http://www.macon.com/mld/inquirer/news/obituaries/15069218.htm] and the message recently forwarded by Mark Dean, there will be another memorial service for Peg in the fall at Bryn Mawr. There is a lovely picture of her at http://www.brynmawr.edu/biology/hollyday.html.
Thank you, Jeff, for this opportunity to write.
Chris Erb
Jeffrey Hart
Jeffrey Hart
Yearbook Photo
Jeffrey Hart
Dear members of the Bryn Mawr community,
It is with deep regret and sadness that I write to inform you of the death of Margaret Anne Hollyday, Professor of Biology and Psychology, on Friday, July 14, 2006, after a valiant battle with cancer. My thanks to Professor of Biology, Karen Greif, who supplied much of the substance of this message.
Peggy's daughter Rachel was at her side when she died. Rachel and her twin brother Jed are with their father, Paul Grobstein. Other surviving family members are her mother, Helen, and brothers Bill and John.
Peggy was born in New Jersey on June 23, 1947. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. at Duke University in 1974. After postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, Peggy joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. She became Professor of Biology and Psychology at Bryn Mawr in 1987. Her research, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, addressed questions of early pattern formation in the developing nervous system. Peggy was an avid choral singer and a regular participant in the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorale.
Peggy was a fine scholar and teacher, and an extraordinary friend and colleague to so many of us. She will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 22 at 3 pm at the Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 South Valley Forge Road, Devon. Another memorial event will be held at the College in the fall.
Sincerely,
Nancy Vickers
President
Bryn Mawr College