Background
Child, Rollin Blackford was born on May 9, 1915 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of D. Earl and Anna Margaret (Blackford) Child.
Child, Rollin Blackford was born on May 9, 1915 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of D. Earl and Anna Margaret (Blackford) Child.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1937.
Vice president Miller City Tile Company, Saginaw, Michigan, 1937-1938. Sales representative Hancock Brick and Tile, Findlay, Ohio, 1938-1941. Supervisor of investigators Office of Price Administration, Cleveland, 1941-1945, senior business specialist Washington, 1945-1946.
Sales representative United States Ceramics, Canton, Ohio, 1946-1959. Chairman board directors Rollin B. Child, Inc., Minneapolis, from 1959.
Clerk and chairman Board Education District 270, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1952-1971. Board governors Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, since 1972, Chapelview Residence and Apartments, Hopkins, since 1968. Member Minneapolis-St. Paul Construction Specifications Institute (treasurer 1960-1962), Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (board directors since 1985), National Floor Covering Distributors (board directors 1971-1974).
Lodges: Rotary (past president Hopkins Minnesota club), Elks.
Married Virginia Lowrie Thomson, November 10, 1945. Children: Rollin Thomson, Rodger Earl, Nancy Anne Child Johnson.