Rear Admiral Lowell John Holloway, USN

Class of 1955

RADM Holloway graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree and commission in the Navy in 1955. His First tour was in a destroyer escort, USS SILVERSTEIN (DE-534) where he "fleeted up" to Gunnery Officer. Subsequent shipboard tours included service aboard the guided missile cruisers USS Oklahoma City (CGL-5) as First Lieutenant and USS Dale (CG-19) as Weapons Officer.

Shore duty assignments included duty at the NROTC Unit, Iowa State University as the Naval Weapons Instructor; the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, where he received a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering; the Advanced Surface Missile System Project, Naval Ordnance Systems Command, Washington, D.C. and the Naval Ship Weapon Systems Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, CA serving as the Terrier/Talos Weapon System Department Head.

He had several assignments in the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington DC serving as the Terrier/Talos Program Manager; the Technical Director, AEGIS Shipbuilding Project; Director, Combat System Architecture Program; Director, Combat System Engineering Group, Assistant Deputy Commander for Anti-Air & Surface Warfare Systems, and the Deputy Chief Engineer for Combat Systems. His final tour on active duty was as Vice Commander, Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command.

He completed the Program for Management Development, Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was designated an Ordnance Engineering Duty Officer in 1967 and an Engineering Duty Officer in 1974. In July 1989, he became National President of the American Society of Naval Engineers, serving a two-year term.

He was awarded the Eli T. Reich award for outstanding managerial and technical leadership at the Naval Ship Weapons Systems Engineering Station and the American Society of Naval Engineers 2005 Frank G. Law Award for continued service to and in that organization. While on active duty, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Navy Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal with two stars.

He is married to the former Jean Knaup of Beaver Dam, WI. Their daughter Cindy, and family live in Milwaukee, WI, and their son Bryan, and family, live in Fairfax, VA.

RADM Holloway retired from active duty in August 1991.