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Line 1: {{Short description\|American businessman (1912–1991)}} '''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.▼ {{Infobox person \| name = O. Wayne Rollins \| image = \| image_size = \| caption = \| birth_name = Orville Wayne Rollins \| birth_date = 1912 \| birth_place = [[Ringgold, Georgia\|Ringgold]], Georgia, US \| death_date = 1991 \| death_place = \| nationality = American \| education = \| occupation = Businessman \| known for = Founder of [[Rollins Inc.]] \| spouse = Grace Crum Rollins \| parents = \| children = [[Gary Rollins]]<br /> [[Randall Rollins]] \| relatives = [[John W. Rollins]] (brother) \| website = }} ▲'''Orville Wayne Rollins''' (~~1912 - 1991~~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== ~~Orville Wayne~~ Rollins was born in [[Ringgold, Georgia\|Ringgold]], Georgia, in 1912, the son of John William Rollins and Claudia Nance Rollins,<ref name="Pifer2001">{{cite book\|author=Drury L. Pifer\|title=Hanging the Moon: The Rollins Rise to Riches\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqG8sh3yNiIC&pg=PA64\|accessdate=27 August 2015\|year=2001\|publisher=University of Delaware Press\|isbn=978-0-87413-744-6\|page=65}}</ref> a farmer father and a schoolteacher mother.<ref name=Orkin>{{cite web\|title=O. Wayne Rollins\|url=http://www.orkin.net/executive-profiles/wayne\|website=Orkin\|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> He graduated from [[Ringgold High School (Georgia)\|Ringgold High School]] in 1930.<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Biography/O-Wayne-Rollins-Biography-Kirk-1997.pdf {{Bare URL PDF\|date=March 2022}}</ref> ==Career== Rollins worked for at Standard-Coosa-Thatcher, a textile mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for 15 years, then for the Hercules Power Company as a TNT supervisor.<ref name=Orkin /> 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~~brother's Virginia automobile dealership. Rollins Broadcasting was formed in 1948, and grew to control ten radio and four ~~televsion~~television stations.<ref name=Orkin /> In 1964, with company annual revenues of $9  million, he borrowed $60  million in the first [[leveraged buyout]] in the US to buy [[Orkin]] from its family owners, and move into the [[pest control]] business.<ref name=Orkin /> In 1982, Rollins received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement\|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement \|website=www.achievement.org\|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]\|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business}}</ref> In 1986, he received a [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans\|Horatio Alger Award]] for his "rags-to-riches" life story.<ref name=Orkin /> ~~==Awards==~~ ~~In 1986, he received a [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans\|Horatio Alger Award]] for his "rags-to-riches" life story.<ref name=Orkin />~~ ==Personal life== He was married to Grace Crum Rollins. She was born on September 20, 1910, and died on August 8, 2009, aged 98.<ref name="emory">{{cite web\|url=http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/2010/winter/tribute.html\|publisher=emory.edu\|title=Emory Magazine: Winter 2010: Grace Crum Rollins, University and public health benefactor\|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="legacy">{{cite web\|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=grace-crum-rollins&pid=131179627\|publisher=legacy.com\|title=Grace Rollins Obituary - Atlanta, GA \| Atlanta Journal-Constitution\|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> He had two sons, [[Gary Rollins]] and [[Randall Rollins]].<ref name=Forbes_20150929>{{cite news\|last1=O'Connor\|first1=Clare\|title=Inside An $8 Billion Family Feud: Who Poisoned The Orkin Fortune?\|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/09/29/inside-the-3-billion-feud-tearing-georgias-rollins-family-apart/\|accessdate=27 August 2015\|work=Forbes\|date=29 September 2014}}</ref>▼ ▲He had two sons, [[Gary Rollins]] and [[Randall Rollins]].<ref name=Forbes_20150929>{{cite news\|last1=O'Connor\|first1=Clare\|title=Inside An $8 Billion Family Feud: Who Poisoned The Orkin Fortune?\|url=~~http~~https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/09/29/inside-the-3-billion-feud-tearing-georgias-rollins-family-apart/\|accessdate=27 August 2015\|work=Forbes\|date=29 September 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rollins, O. Wayne}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:American chief executives]] [[Category:People from Ringgold, Georgia]] [[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]] [[Category:American company founders]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)]]