ke ▁region ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 3 1 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁John ▁R . ▁Ever ett ▁was ▁elected ▁President ▁of ▁H oll ins ▁College , ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁he ▁res igned ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁writer - in - res idence ▁programs ▁in ▁America ▁began ▁at ▁H oll ins ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁H oll ins ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁gradu ate ▁program ▁foc using ▁on ▁the ▁writing ▁and ▁study ▁of ▁children ' s ▁literature , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁H oll ins ▁University ▁Qu ad rangle ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . The ▁institution ▁was ▁renamed ▁H oll ins ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁it ▁became ▁H oll ins ▁University . ▁Nancy ▁Oliver ▁Gray ▁led ▁H oll ins ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁until ▁she ▁retired ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ; ▁that ▁same ▁year , ▁P are ena ▁Lawrence ▁became ▁H oll ins ' s ▁tw elf th ▁president . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁H oll ins ▁University ▁president ▁ordered ▁the ▁temporary ▁removal ▁of ▁four ▁volumes ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁year book ▁from ▁the ▁library ' s ▁digital ▁comm ons ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁black face ▁controvers y ▁involving ▁Virginia ▁Governor ▁Ralph ▁North am . ▁The ▁four ▁volumes