January 13, 1952

Liberal political activist and longtime Green Party member Mary Cal Hollis was born in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). After graduating with degrees in special education, Hollis went on to serve on the board of directors of the San Miguel Power Association in western Colorado from 1981 to 1983. She served on the Socialist Party USA Committee starting in 1994 and was co-chair from 1994 to 1998. She earned the party’s presidential nomination for the 1996 election and was chosen as the vice presidential running mate of David McReynolds in 2000; both campaigns were unsuccessful. She later worked as a teacher’s aide in the Boulder Valley School District’s (BVSD) Whittier International School.