Roy and Marian Holleman Foundation

Mission The mission of the Roy and Marian Holleman Foundation is to provide financial grants and annual support to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A special emphasis is given to those organizations whose mission focuses on: The care, well-being, and general welfare of domesticated animals. The academic discipline of library science (the practices, perspectives and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas specific to libraries) including, but not limited to, student scholarships in this field of study. Interests, services, and activities that Roy and Marian Holleman would choose to support, and organizations they have supported through their Foundation in the past. About the Foundation Marian P. Holleman served as the first Head Librarian at the University of San Diego from 1969 until her retirement in 1989 when she was designated Librarian Emeritus. Marian’s husband, Roy, served as the Head Librarian at the College of Women - one of the two colleges that merged to form the University of San Diego - prior to his passing in 1969. Both Marian and Roy were native born Canadians from the city of Toronto who immigrated to the United States in the 1960s.