John W. Rollins [SEP] place of death
John W. Rollins
John William Rollins (August 24, 1916 – April 4, 2000) was an American businessman and politician from Greenville, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.
Early life and family.
John W. Rollins was born in Keith, Catoosa County, Georgia, the son of John William Rollins and Claudia Nace Rollins, a farmer father and a schoolteacher mother.
He attended school in a one-room schoolhouse nine miles away
, rated in 1999 to be one of the 50 largest charitable organizations in Delaware. He sponsored the John W. Rollins, Sr. Award for health care philanthropy, and was a benefactor of the University of Delaware, despite never having attended the school himself.
Death.
Rollins died in his office suite at the Rollins Building in Wilmington, Delaware. There is a portrait of him hanging at Legislative Hall in the state capitol of Dover.
External links.
- Delaware’s Governors 
- The Political Graveyard