Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Holloway, St. Petersburg\u2019s new police chief, is a 1999 graduate of the Eckerd College Program for Experienced Learners.<\/p>\n
He said it was a life-changing experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t hesitate to recommend it,\u2019\u2019 said Holloway, who juggled classes for five years while working full time for the Clearwater Police Department. \u201cIt opened a lot of doors for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holloway has been the Clearwater police chief for four years, a post he took after three years as police chief in Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n
He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 1999 from Eckerd and an MBA in 2001 from the University of Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Holloway said he enrolled at Eckerd because the program was \u201cmore geared toward adults\u201d with similar goals. \u201cIt was all working professionals,\u2019\u2019 he recalls. The professors, he said, were \u201call solid\u201d and the classes were challenging.<\/p>\n