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Atlanta Children's Shelter names new board chairman

By Shelia M. Poole
March 12, 2012

Dr. Kelvin J. Holloway has been named the new chairman of the board of directors of the Atlanta Children’s Shelter .

Holloway is an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine and deputy chief of staff at Grady Health System.

The midtown Atlanta shelter, founded in 1986,  is currently undergoing a major renovation and plans to launch a new shelter in Gwinnett County.

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