I tried to write Bud Hollowell's life up in brief, but I felt I in no way was doing him justice. Here are the details, courtesy of BR Bullpen and Wikipedia: This man was deserving of at least his own card as much as anyone I've read about in the Vault project.
Bud Hollowell was a baseball catcher who is notable for multiple reasons. He won the 1963 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a junior at University of Southern California. He participated in the 1964 Olympics, was a minor league manager from 1970 to 1971 and was an author.
He is one of seven players from University of Southern California to win the College World Series Most Outstanding Player award. The others are: Bill Thom, Bill Seinsoth, Russ McQueen, George Milke, Rod Boxberger and Wes Rachels. After his athletic career, he obtained a Ph.D., master of arts and bachelor of science in physical education from the University of Southern California.
He taught for the University of Phoenix, where he was awarded Outstanding Professor of the Year three different times. He also served as the Area Chair of Philosophy & World Comparative Religions. Hollowell later served on the faculty of the American Military University where he taught undergraduate courses in management — sports medicine and sports & drugs. Other accomplishments include receiving Honorable Mention as an Outstanding Philosopher of the 20th Century, and winner of a Peace and Freedom Citation from the State of Alaska for assisting Chinese students and dissidents escaping persecution after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He is co-founder of One World Insight, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to conscious aging for the purpose of becoming whole, not old.
Hollowell authored two books, The Eternal Dance, which discusses religion and spirituality and,The Quantum Gateway: At the intersection of Religion and Science.
He had the honor of the Dalai Lama reading excerpts from The Eternal Dance in a daily teaching at the Temple in Dharamsala, India. He died in Lakeland, Florida on May 16, 2014 due to prostate cancer.