Douglas Arnold Rollin, a long time faculty member and professor, died March 14. He retired in 2007, and he was 79 years old. No service has been announced.
Rollin’s career at Citrus began in 1974 as a student employee and climbed to dean of students in 2004.
He had jobs throughout campus between, all while earning degrees to a doctorate.
Rollin was the trade book manager in 1974. He was the student body bookkeeper in 1980 and interim student/activities coordinator in 1981. Before serving as the associate dean of students in 2001 and dean of students in 2004, he was the interim director of student affairs and auxiliary services. He balanced accounting teaching with music endeavors like songwriting workshops.
His policy was to teach about the different parts of subjects.
He earned his associate degree in 1975 at Citrus. He completed his bachelor’s of science from Cal Poly Pomona. In 1997 he completed his doctorate in education/education leadership from the University of La Verne.
“Dr. Rollin was a kind, gentle, caring and thoughtful person who truly cared for the success of our students,” Eric Rabitoy, dean of Natural, Physical, and Health Sciences said in a memo to Citrus College colleagues. “During his time at Citrus College, he focused his efforts on ensuring that our students were successful in their endeavors and received the services they needed in order to reach their academic goals. He was 100% dedicated to this situation, as both a student and an employee. I will always remember his smile, because he displayed it for all to see each and every day.”
Growing up, Rollin formed multiple bands, even attended schools under music scholarships, like Citrus. His band played at Disney. They went cross country. Rollin’s obituary is on echovita.com
Rollin is survived by a wife, Sunny, and a daughter, Allison, a son-in-law Eli Hudson and grandsons Isaiah, Phoenix and Griffin.
