Hailey is a critically acclaimed playwright and author of best-selling novels, including A Woman of Independent Means, which examine the changing roles of women in society. With her late husband, she collaborated on several television series, including McMillan and Wife, Love of Life, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She served as writer-in-residence at Hollins in 1998,…

(1887 – 1934) Hale entered Hollins Institute at age 13 (her name while here was Lillie Ruth Hale) and stayed two years. A determined, ambitious, and talented writer, Hale worked as a reporter, sportswriter, critic (according to The New York Times, she was the “first female movie critic”), and drama publicist. She was also a feminist and activist.…

Hale is the founder and senior pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia. The congregation began with four people who met for Bible study and has grown to nearly 9,000 members since its founding, with an average of 2,000 members participating every Sunday. Hale was the first woman to serve as Chaplain of the Day to the U.S.…

Hatten received a Ph.D. in biochemical sciences from Princeton University and did post-doctoral research in neuroscience at Harvard Medical School. She joined Rockefeller University in 1992 and was appointed the university’s first female full professor and the first female to lead a research laboratory there. Her work has implications for conditions that are partially due to developmental abnormalities in the brain,…

De Heinrich and her husband are the owners of Omorovicza, a Budapest-based spa and skincare line. After graduation, she moved to New York City to work in publishing. She served as special assistant to U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Nancy G. Brinker and then as chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. While in Budapest,…

Hendrix is a senior vice president for investments with UBS Financial Services Inc. She started her career as a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in 1977, and then joined PaineWebber in 1985. Her bicoastal practice, HSG Wealth Management Group, specializes in advising high net worth individuals, families, and small corporate clients in the areas of estate planning,…

Henshaw received a B.A. in biology from Hollins, an M.S. in microbiology from the Medical College of Virginia, and a Ph.D. and M.P.H. from the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. She had a postdoctural fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine. Her Ph.D. research studied the pathogenesis of pneumocystic carinii,…

Heyward is a civil rights attorney with years of experience in the field of disability discrimination law and disability management. She is the president of Salome Heyward & Associates, Ltd. A leading authority on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Rehabilitation Act, she has written Higher Education and Disability, The FMLA Handbook,…

Hipple is one of the few women who have led major home furnishings retail chains. She rose through the ranks of This End Up Furniture Company, from a part-time sales associate to a district manager with nine stores. Within five years she had opened 86 stores and become executive vice president of sales, merchandising, and marketing.…

Hobbs has a long record of volunteer service to her church and the many communities in which she has lived. She and her husband, Worth, moved 29 times during their marriage, and in every new location she made an impact on the community. She wrote about her experiences in a memoir titled Always an Open Door.…

Hopkins earned an M.A. from Indiana University and began her career in aerospace at IBM, developing mathematical models of scientific and weather satellites. In the 1970s she moved into project management, working for one of the Big Eight national accounting firms. In 1978 Hopkins joined Price Waterhouse, continuing her already successful career of helping clients solve their financial and administrative problems.…