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Maya Angelou- Stamps, Arkansas (4/4/28 - )
The stone was obtained from the mayor of Stamps. It was set January 30, 1994 as part of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities. Ms. Angelou received the Doctor of Humane Letters from Rollins in 1985.
Mary McLeod Bethune - Mayesville S.C. (1890-1953)
This stone was placed here in 1986 by Dr. Oswald Bronson, president of Bethune-Cookman College. Mrs. Bethune, pioneering educator and special adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities by Hamilton Holt at his final commencement in 1949.
Confucius - Shantung, China (551 BC - 478 BC)
"This stone was found inside the house where Confucius taught his three thousand students some three thousand years ago. It was obtained by Dr. Wu-chi Liu, the brother of a Rollins graduate, Wu-fei Liu."
Lucy Cross - (1839-1927)
"This stone was placed here by the D.A.R. in honor of Lucy A. Cross, the 'mother' of Rollins College. It was her agitation that brought about the founding of Rollins."
Paul Laurence Dunbar - Dayton, Ohio (1872-1906)
"The stone is from the Negro poet's birthplace. The house was torn down to make way for the Paul L. Dunbar High School."
Edward Payson Hooker - (1804-1891)
Dr. Hooker was the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Winter Park and the first president of Rollins College. This brick from the original First Congregational Church.