Durham
Hollis W. Shaw
1931 — 2023
Hollis W. Shaw May 17, 1931 - December 25, 2023 Durham, North Carolina - Hollis William Shaw was born May 17, 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, to Grover and Catherine Shaw. He passed away December 25, 2023 in Durham. Hollis graduated Lincoln Academy in 1949 and served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He graduated Talladega College in 1959, and earned his master's in clinical psychology from NCCU in 1961. He married Genora Lassiter in 1965. After eight years working as a clinical psychologist at schools for the developmentally disabled, Hollis began working in 1970 at the Wassaic Developmental Center in Wassaic, NY. In 1978, he was promoted to Director, managing a facility that housed...