Alfred Brooks Rollins

Background

Rollins,, Alfred Brooks was born on May 28, 1921 in Presque Isle, Maine, United States. Son of Alfred Brooks and Clarissa (Jack) Rollins.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1942. Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.

Career

From instructor to professor history State University, New York at New Paltz, 1948-1963. Professor, chairman department history State University New York at Binghamton, 1964-1967. Dean University Vermont, Burlington, 1967-1970, vice president academy affairs, 1970-1976.

President Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1976-1985, professor history, 1976-1991, president emeritus, professor emeritus, since 1991. Consultant oral history project John F. Kennedy Library, 1965.

Membership

Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi.

Connections

Married Ernestine Emma McMullin, November 6, 1942 (deceased August 28, 1972). Children: John Douglas, Nancy Jane, James Scott. Married Faith Kenyon, June 16, 1973 (deceased March 8, 1979).

Married Helen Anrod Jones, February 28, 1981.

Father:

Alfred Brooks Rollins,

Mother:

Clarissa (Jack) Rollins,

Spouse:

Faith Kenyon

Spouse:

Helen Anrod Jones

Spouse:

Ernestine Emma McMullin

child:

Nancy Jane Rollins,

child:

John Douglas Rollins,

child:

James Scott Rollins,