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Rollins College Alumni
Rollins is a surname which may refer to: People * Adrian Rollins (born 1972), English cricketer * Al Rollins (1926–1996), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Annie Katsura Rollins, American Chinese shadow puppeteer * Bridgett Rollins (born 1956), American model * Brooke Rollins (born 1972), president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation * Charlemae Hill Rollins (1897–1979), librarian, author and storyteller in African-American literature * Clarke Rollins (1912–1996), Canadian petroleum distributor and political figure * Daniel G. Rollins (1842-1897), New York County D.A. * Danielle Rollins, American novelist * Dennis Rollins (born 1964), British jazz trombonist * Doug Rollins (1938–2012), Canadian politician * Ed Rollins (born 1943), American political strategist * Edward H. Rollins (1824–1889), American politician from New Hampshire * Frank W. Rollins (1860–1915), American lawyer, banker and Republican politician from New Hampshire * Henry Rollins (born 1961), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Rollins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002. He was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman and a right-arm Seam bowling, medium-pace bowler. An imposing presence, measuring 6 ft 5 in and weighing around sixteen stone, Rollins made his debut for Derbyshire as an emergency wicket-keeper in the absence of teammates Bernie Maher and Karl Krikken, making him possibly the tallest wicket-keeper in first-class cricket history. Rollins became the 500th first-class cricketer for the Derbyshire team, as well as the 100th to make a first-class century, following his milestone innings with a hugely impressive innings of 200 in nine hours, the single longest innings in Derbyshire's history. After the threat of resignation from captain Dominic Cork, it was thought that Rollins was to be made the captain by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rollins (producer)
Jack Koeppel Rollins (born Jacob Rabinowitz; March 23, 1915 – June 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer and talent manager of comedians and television personalities. His first major success came in the 1950s when he managed actor and singer Harry Belafonte. Rollins co-wrote the song "Man Piaba" with Belafonte on his debut RCA Victor album '' Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites'', released in 1954. In 1958, he helped create and promote the comedy duo Nichols and May. He went on to help shepherd the careers of several prominent comedians with his partner Charles H. Joffe, beginning in 1960 with Woody Allen and later with Dick Cavett, Billy Crystal, David Letterman, and Robin Williams. Rollins' work as a film and television producer was closely tied to the artists that he managed. He was credited as an executive producer on many of the films directed by Woody Allen from 1969 to 2015. From 1970 to 1972, he was an executive producer on ABC's '' The Dick Cavett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orville Wayne Rollins
Orville Wayne Rollins (1912–1991) is the co-founder, with his younger brother John W. Rollins, of Rollins Inc., the US's largest pest control conglomerate. Early life Rollins was born in Ringgold, Georgia, in 1912, the son of John William Rollins and Claudia Nance Rollins, a farmer father and a schoolteacher mother. He graduated from Ringgold High School in 1930. Career Rollins worked for Standard-Coosa-Thatcher, a textile mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for 15 years, then for the Hercules Power Company as a TNT supervisor. He returned to Ringgold in 1945, and with his wife and younger brother began to rebuild a mineral springs resort. He then started a radio station to provide cheaper advertising for his brother's Virginia automobile dealership. Rollins Broadcasting was formed in 1948, and grew to control ten radio and four television stations. In 1964, with company annual revenues of $9 million, he borrowed $60 million in the first leveraged buyout in the US t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moak Rollins
Henry Moak Rollins (September 11, 1921 – January 27, 2005)Henry Moak Rollins Sep. 11, 1921 - Jan. 27, 2005 , ''Austin American-Statesman'' (January 30, 2005), p. B4. was a chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 1982 to 1983. Education and career Born in ,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie E
Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family of Scottish origin Places Canada * Leslie, Saskatchewan * Leslie Street, a road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario ** Leslie (TTC), a subway station ** Leslie Street Spit, an artificial spit in Toronto United States * Leslie, Arkansas * Leslie, Georgia * Leslie, Michigan * Leslie, Missouri *Leslie, West Virginia * Leslie, Wisconsin * Leslie Township, Michigan *Leslie Township, Minnesota Elsewhere * Leslie Dam, a dam in Warwick, Queensland, Australia * Leslie, Mpumalanga, South Africa * Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see List of listed buildings in Leslie, Aberdeenshire * Leslie, Fife, Scotland, UK Other uses * Leslie speaker The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that projects the signal from an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawson Rollins
Lawson Rollins is an American guitarist from North Carolina noted for his virtuoso fingerstyle technique and melodic compositional skills. Guitar Player magazine ranked him as one of the "50 Best Acoustic Guitarists of All Time". His music has risen to #1 on the Billboard charts and is generally classed as Latin jazz and world music, with elements of samba, bossa nova, Middle Eastern, classical guitar, flamenco, and shred guitar. He often employs fast minor scales and diminished scale solo runs to his compositions which are executed in the flamenco ''picado'' style. Career He is best known for his compositions ''Free to Fly'', ''World of Wonder'', ''The Fire Cadenza'', ''Santa Ana Wind'', ''Flight'', ''Daybreak'', ''Infinita'', and ''Moonlight Samba'' and his albums ''Rise'', ''True North'', ''Dark Matter'', ''Airwaves: The Greatest Hits'', ''Infinite Chill (the remix sessions)'', ''3 Minutes To Midnight'', ''Traveler'', ''Infinita'', '' Espirito'', ''Elevation'' and ''Full C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Rollins
Kevin Barney Rollins (born November 15, 1952) is an American businessman and philanthropist. The former President and CEO of Dell Inc., in 2006 Rollins was named by London's ''CBR'' as the 9th Most Influential person in the Enterprise IT sector. Biography Rollins was born and raised in Utah and met his wife, Debra, while attending Brigham Young University (BYU). While at BYU, Rollins earned a bachelor's degree in humanities and civil engineering in 1983 and an MBA a year later. Before joining Dell in April 1996, Rollins was vice president and partner of Bain & Company where he specialized in strategies and management for high technology and consumer product clients. He helped develop strategies that propelled Dell into a commanding position in the direct selling of computer systems in the United States. Rollins became the chairman of the American Enterprise Institute's Board of Trustees on January 1, 2009. Dell Computer Rollins worked at Dell for over a decade in various po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Rollins
Kenneth Herman Rollins (September 14, 1923 – October 9, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. He competed at the 1948 London Olympics and was a member of the University of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" who won the 1948 NCAA tournament. His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II. He was voted to the All- SEC and All- SEC Tourney teams following his junior and senior seasons. His brother, Phil, played for the University of Louisville and spent 3 seasons in the NBA. Biography Born in Charleston, Missouri, Rollins played high school basketball in Wickliffe, Kentucky. He later played professionally for the Chicago Stags of the BAA and the NBA, the Louisville Alumnites of the National Professional Basketball League and the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He died in October 2012 in Greencastle, Indiana Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rollins (golfer)
John Rollins (born June 25, 1975) is an American professional golfer. Early life Rollins was born in Richmond, Virginia, where he attended Meadowbrook High School. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University, graduating in 1997. Professional career Rollins turned professional in 1997. He has won three times on the PGA Tour, in 2002, 2006 and 2009, and once on the Buy.com Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 2001. Rollins has also featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling ..., peaking at 41st in 2007. Professional wins (4) PGA Tour wins (3) PGA Tour playoff record (1–2) Buy.com Tour wins (1) Buy.com Tour playoff record (1–0) Results in major championships CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Summary *Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Rollins
James Calvin Rollins (born November 27, 1978), nicknamed "J-Roll", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (–), Los Angeles Dodgers (), and Chicago White Sox (). After growing up in Alameda, California, and attending Encinal High School, Rollins was drafted by the Phillies in the second round of the 1996 MLB draft. After spending most of five seasons with Phillies farm system, minor league teams, he made his big league debut on September 17, 2000. At the major league level, Rollins quickly earned recognition as an excellent defensive shortstop. In , he became the Phillies' leadoff hitter, a role he retained for almost ten years. Rollins made three Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Game appearances in his career. While with the Phillies, he compiled a 38-game hitting streak, which spanned the end of the 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season, 2005 season and the start of the 2006 Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Rollins
Jerry Allan Rollins (born March 22, 1955) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Toronto Toros, Birmingham Bulls, Phoenix Roadrunners, and the Indianapolis Racers. Rollins is the son of former NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ..., WHA, and WHL player and coach Al Rollins. Career statistics External links * 1955 births Living people Birmingham Bulls (WHA) players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Detroit Red Wings draft picks Flin Flon Bombers players Ice hockey people from New Westminster Indianapolis Racers players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players Philadelphia Firebirds (AHL) players Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA) players Toronto Toros draft picks Toronto Toros players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
