DuBois Health Center

In late 1965, Charles A. DuBois, a member of Rollins Board of Trustees and President of Dubois Chemicals, decided to give Rollins 1500 shares of Grace & Co. stock valued at $81,739 towards the building of a new health center. With funding secured, B.L. Rumpf was selected as general contractor at the cost of $98,993, and shortly afterwards the construction was under way. However by the time the building was completed in 1967, the price tag had risen to $103,000, which DuBois gracefully contributed additional funding of $18,000.

Designed by John T. Watson of Reynolds, Smith & Hills of Orlando, the DuBois Health Center was constructed in the same Spanish Mediterranean style as the rest of the campus. The 4,400-square foot building contained two examination rooms, two treatment rooms, two consultation rooms, a laboratory, a psychotherapy room, a reception area, and nurses’ quarters. A portion of the driveway above the entrance was covered, so that medical aid could still be provided through severe weathers. Again, President Hugh McKean (’30 ’72H) and his wife Jeannette (’62H) helped decorate the interior of the building, just as they did with the Cloverleaf Cottage, the Elizabeth Hall and the Ward Hall.

The DuBois Health Center served the campus until 2004, when it was demolished to make way for the new president’s house. However, the name DuBois still lives on campus, as the original Lakeside Health Center located under the Elizabeth Hall, has recently been renamed the DuBois Center.