Alumni

Leave your mark on the Walk of Fame by purchasing a Walk of Fame Brick in commemoration of your days at Rollins and the treasured memories that continue to keep you connected for life.

  
For a minimum contribution of $250 or more to the Rollins College Alumni Association, one 4” x 8” brick with a personalized inscription will be laid in honor of you, a loved one, a classmate or friend of the College.  Each brick will accommodate two lines of engraving with up to 13 characters on each line, including spaces. You will also receive a special card that shares the history of the Walk of Fame.

Order your brick today and leave a lifetime remembrance on one of the College’s most historical landmarks! Orders must be received by February 10, 2012 to be placed on the Walk of Fame in April 2012.

Parents

Honor your student’s achievements, commemorate their time on the Rollins campus, and celebrate the lifelong alumni connections that lie ahead with a Walk of Fame brick. As a special graduation gift, your student can have an engraved brick placed on the Walk of Fame in their honor and among the many alumni and notables that have come before them. To help present your gift, you will also receive a special Walk of Fame card that shares the history of this unique Rollins landmark.

Place your order today! The deadline for 2012 graduation brick orders was February 10, 2012.

History

The Walk of Fame was dedicated on October 19, 1929, under the leadership of Rollins College President Hamilton Holt. The “Ancestral Walk” that Holt created at his family home in Connecticut inspired the creation of this unique Rollins landmark. Together with his wife, Holt presented the first twenty-two stones to Rollins which he had gathered from historic places representing such notables as George Washington, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Walk of Fame quickly became a great source of campus pride, and by 1931, there were more than two hundred stones representing celebrated artists, authors and others whose lives are etched in history. 

In the decades following Holt’s retirement, the Walk of Fame has grown to include a piece of the Berlin Wall, a stone commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and stones laid by alumnus Fred “Mister” Rogers '51, and honorary alumna Maya Angelou '85H, among others. The Walk of Fame remains a source of pride and inspiration for students, alumni and visitors who stroll along its path.