Lee Holloway

Lee Holloway (December 4, 1946 - March 14, 2018) was an American social worker and politician who served two terms as chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. From December 28, 2010 to February 4, 2011, Lee Holloway served as Acting County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Early life, education, and career Holloway was born in 1946. A lifelong Milwaukee resident, self-described as "the product of blue-collar, working-class people" (both of his parents worked in factories for many years). He graduated from Lincoln High School, where he played football and earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Arkansas, from which he graduated in 1969. By 1972, he'd returned to Milwaukee and earned an M.S. in developmental disabilities from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

He worked as a guidance counselor at Messmer High School before going into administration of social service agencies, including 4C's of Milwaukee County, the Inner City Development Project – North, and Milwaukee Comprehensive Community Health, of which he was the president and CEO.

1988 mayoral campaign Holloway ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1988, losing in the initial non-partisan primary to John Norquist and Martin Schreiber. He reflected that while he wasn't very political, he ran because felt that there should be an African-American in the race for mayor.

County Board (1992–2012) In 1992, Holloway successfully ran for county supervisor.

Landlord Holloway and his wife were the landlords for a number of rental properties in the City of Milwaukee, and had frequently clashed with city building inspectors over building code violations at these properties. His repeated failure to keep his buildings up to building code compliance faced scrutiny from local news media. Holloway paid several hundred thousand dollars in a legal settlement to a civil lawsuit against him related to the allegation. The county government also paid the accuser a $24,000 settlement.