Background
Collins was born in 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio.
Collins was born in 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio.
The Wharton School; Miami University.
He was the first of Doctor, Senior and Irene Collins’ three children. His father, a physician, and his mother, a registered nurse, introduced him to the medical profession at an early age. Collins attended the public school system in Rocky River, Ohio and graduated as a National Honor Society member in 1965.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Collins also holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was cited by The Wall Street Journal as one of Wharton’s "most famous” Master of Business Administration graduates, and he has returned to the Philadelphia campus often to give lectures and convocation addresses to the Master of Business Administration class.
Collins serves on the Board of Directors of Alcoa, Incorporated., The Boeing Company, Cargill and United States. Bancorp, where he is lead director He also was a previous Chairman of AdvaMed, the medical technology industry association.
He splits his time between Naples, Florida, Chicago, Illinois, and Colorado"s Vail Valley.
He has two adult daughters.
He is a member of the Alpha Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.