Although he received many awards including the knights of Malta, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, and was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame to name a few, perhaps his most prized acknowledgement was in 1963, when he was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. They honored Rollins’ rise from humble roots to preeminence in the world of business with their Horatio Alger Award. Rollins worked hard in the Horatio Alger Association to help make it into what it is today where it is the largest privately funded scholarship in the US for underprivileged college students. His legacy is continued by his children and his wife Michele.