Rollin Bashford Dart (December 2, 1925 – May 5, 2016) was an American banker.
Family
Dart was the grandson of Rollin Charles "RC" Dart, who founded
Dart National Bank in 1925. He was the son of Doc Campbell Dart, who was chief executive officer of the bank from 1943 to 1960.
He was the father of
punk rock
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musician
Doc Corbin Dart
Doc Corbin Dart (born March 16, 1953) is an American musician and former vocalist of the 1980s Lansing, Michigan punk rock band the Crucifucks. As of the early 2000s, he is also known by his moniker 26.
Dart's unorthodox vocal stylings have be ...
. He was also related to the family that founded
Dart Container
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.
Early life and education
Dart was born on December 2, 1925, in
Mason, Michigan
Mason is a city and the county seat of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,283 at the 2020 census. The Mason was named after Stevens T. Mason, the state's first governor.
History
In 1836 Charles Noble knew that ...
to Doc C. Dart and Zola Bashford Dart. He graduated from Mason High School in 1943. He was active in the
Boy Scouts of America
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and became an
Eagle Scout
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. In the spring of 1943, the joined the
U. S. Marine Corps, serving in the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater at
Iwo Jima
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. After his return in 1946, he attended Michigan Agricultural College at
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...
for 2 years.
Rollin married Mary Vay Corbin on March 28, 1948.
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Career
Dart was the chairman of Dart National Bank from 1962 to 2005 and its president from 1962 to 1999. During Rollin's tenure, the assets of the bank increased from $8 million to $180 million.
Affiliations
Dart was a member of Rotary International
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and raised funds for the eradication of polio
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and led singing at weekly meetings. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mason, where he served as a deacon and elder and in the choir.[
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References
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American bankers
1925 births
2016 deaths
Businesspeople from Lansing, Michigan
20th-century American businesspeople