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Wayne Rollins*
Inducted 1990
O.
Wayne Rollins grew up on a farm in northwest Georgia. He worked 72
hours a week in a cotton mill during the Depression and went on to
amass a fortune estimated at $930 million. Cofounder of Rollins,
Inc., one of the world’s largest service companies, he donated the
first $10 million to Emory University’s science research center,
which was named after him. He died in 1991 at the age of 79.
* Deceased Member
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