What is the Walk of Fame?
The brainchild of Rollins’ eighth president, Hamilton Holt (1925-1949), the Walk of Fame began as a personal collection of 22 stones donated by Holt to the College in the late 1920s. Today, it is a feature of the College that can be found around the “horseshoe” of the Mills Lawn in the heart of the campus. The collection consists of over 500 stones commemorating famous figures “whose services deserve the eternal remembrances of mankind” and each stone comes from the birthplace or home of a historical figure. Those represented include artists, philosophers, writers, inventors, scientists, and other influential thinkers from the past and present, such as Maya Angelou, Fred Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, John Dewey, Wolfgang Mozart and Confucius. Click here to learn more about the Rollins College Walk of Fame.
