Henry B. Tippie

Henry B. Tippie grew up in Belle Plaine, Iowa, and, after serving in the Army Air Force, earned a BSC in accounting from The University of Iowa in 1949. He began his forty-nine year professional involvement with Rollins in 1953, starting by balancing the small firm’s checkbook. Today, four Rollins companies trade on the NYSE and one on the Amex. In addition, Tippie is still involved with Rollins enterprises, and he runs several of his own ventures from his offices in Austin, Texas.

Tippie has been a tremendous asset to The University of Iowa, endowing a chair in business administration, and several professorships in the business school. He also has endowed two two-year accounting scholarships, and, for graduates of Belle Plaine Community Schools, two four-year scholarships. To help fund the completion of the Pappajohn Business Administration Building, he donated funds to build a 175-seat auditorium, a student lounge and Pat’s Diner, named for his wife, Patricia.

For his numerous contributions, Tippie received The University of Iowa’s Distinguished Service Alumni Award and Outstanding Accounting Alumni Award. In 1996 he was a recipient of the nationally prestigious Horatio Alger Award. In February 1999, Tippie made a major commitment to the College of Business to support its students and faculty. In recognition of his past, present, and future support that will exceed $30 million, the college was named the Henry B. Tippie College of Business.