Robert E.
Hollmann was raised in Lamesa, Texas.
He attended Texas Tech in Lubbock,
Texas on a football scholarship.
He graduated from Texas Tech in
January 1968 with a B. A. degree
in history.
In March 1968, he joined the United
States Marine Corps, was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant and served for
one year as an Infantry Officer
in Vietnam. He was honorably
discharged from the service in December
1970. During his time in the
Marines he was awarded nine decorations
and commendations including the
Purple Heart for wounds received
in combat.
In January 1971 he returned to Texas
Tech where he received an M. A.
in Government in 1972. From
1972 until 1981 he taught government
and history and served as an administrator
at Midland Community College, Midland,
Texas. He earned a doctorate
in education from Texas Tech in
1976.
In 1981 he entered law school at
Texas Tech and received his law
degree in 1983. He currently
has a private law practice in Odessa,
Texas and is on the Faculty of The
University of Texas Of The Permian
Basin. He was selected for
Who's Who Among American Teachers,
2005.
His hobbies include sports, horseback
riding, participating in the West
Texas Roughriders western shoot-out
group, and acting at the Globe of
the great Southwest and the Permian
Playhouse in Odessa, Texas.
He has had several novels published:
Texas Rebel, The Last
Cowboys, Jim Bowie, Davy
Crockett, King of the Llano, Juan
Seguin, Susannah Dickinson, and A Bad Water Homecoming. He has written a play,
THE LAST BALL, which was
first performed at the Globe of
the Great Southwest in Odessa, Texas.
He was selected Best West Texas
Author for 2005 in a poll conducted
by The Odessa American and Hastings
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