Robert Holmes

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Robert A. "Bob" Holmes

Robert A. "Bob" Holmes is an American politician and Georgia legislator.

Education

Holmes earned a B.S. in political science at Shepherd University in 1964, an M.A. in public law and government at Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in political science at Columbia University at the age of 25.

Academic career

Until his retirement in 2005 from Clark Atlanta University, Holmes was Director of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy and Distinguished Professor of Political Science..

Political career

Holmes served as a State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly, from 1974 to 2008. In 2006, Holmes was re-elected as a Democrat to his seventeenth term, repreenting the 53rd House district (Parts of Clayton, Fayette, and Fulton Counties). He was a committee member of Appropriations and Rules and served as Chairman of the Education Committee. At that time Georgia was considering the reapportionment of its Congressional district. GLBC wanted three majority black districts. A black State Senator chaired the Senate Reapportionment Committee but the legislature passed a plan with only two majority black districts. That plan did not get clearance from the US Department of Justice under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Then the legislature passed a plan with three majority black district, which was overturned in Miller v. Johnson. Then, the Georgia Senate adopted a plan with one majority black district, which failed to pass the House. A federal court had to adopt a plan to break the impasse. Ultimately, the court adopted a plan with just one majority black district, but all three incumbent black Congressmen managed to be reelected.

Bob Holmes (artist)

Bob Holmes (born 1965 in Greenock, Scotland) is a British Digital Artist.

He is an alumnus of Dundee Art College and studied Printmaking at Chelsea School of Art in the late 80's under Tim Mara (alumni include Dirk Bogarde, Actor and Author, Patrick Caulfield, Painter and Printmaker, and Anish Kapoor, 1991 Turner Prize winner.

In collaboration with James Widegren, he conceived of May Reboot, an international unified reinvigoration of the World Wide Web that occurs yearly on 1 May at 2 pm GMT.

His work is often generated, composed, or constructed in an algorithmic manner through the use of systems defined by computer software protocols, or similar mathematical or mechanical or randomised autonomous processes: using computer code as a medium for artistic expression. His interactive piece "Cloud" is one of three permanent art installations at USRA Earth System Science Program. Cloud consists of an array of blue and transparent squares that rotate and interact in relation to the visitor’s proximity and motion. “This is an attempt to evoke the relationship between the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas”.