Holloway, J. Michael

Mike Holloway was born in Greenwood, South Carolina. Summer trips to rural Alaska in 1961 and 1962 - begun as an adventure - led to his friendship with Johnny and Sarah Frank, and redirected his life.

As an undergraduate, Mike attended The Citadel, where he was a member of the Junior Sword Drill. After completing medical studies in South Carolina and interning in Virginia, he became a doctor with the Peace Corps and then for the Bristol Bay Native hospital in Alaska. He returned to the South to complete a residency in orthopedic surgery. In 1973 he joined the orthopedic staff of the Alaska