JOHN HOLE

In an odd series of events, John Hole became my adviser when I was a first semester freshman majoring in journalism. Although he was a math professor, he was humble about his intellectual ability and was never condescending. He gently guided me through my scholastic decisions although they never included math classes. He took his role as adviser seriously. When I hadn't checked in with him in a while, he once walked across campus to where I worked in order to see how I was doing! After I...