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The Art of Change; The Story of Rollins, Inc
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Rollins, Inc, Atlanta, GA, 2011
ISBN 10: 0976486210
ISBN 13: 9780976486213
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11 inches. vii, [1], 280 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Index. Front board is weak and has been restrengthened with glue. The dust jacket has some wear and soiling. Yellow highlighting noted. This book is dedicated to the memory of O. Wayne Rollins, and to all the Rollins men and women who made Rollins, Inc. a great company. Margaret O. Kirk is an award-winning writer, editor and author. An independent writer and editor since 1984, Kirk has published in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, TIME, MONEY Magazine, The Philadelphia Daily News, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, and Good Housekeeping. She is the co-author of two widely-referenced non-fiction books: Slow Burn, the story of Centralia, Pa., a mining town destroyed by an underground coal fire; and An Obsession with Rings: How Rowing became an Olympic Sport for Women. For over a decade, Kirk has been a writer and editor for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to medicine and health, Kirk has written extensively about business. She previously worked as a business correspondent for The New York Times. She is the author of over 25 authorized histories for businesses, colleges, and prominent families. Kirk's three books for the Atlanta-based Rollins family include a biography of Rollins, Inc. founder O. Wayne Rollins; a history of the Rollins company; and the history of Rollins' purchase of Orkin, considered the first leveraged buyout (LBO) in American business history. Rollins, Inc. is a North American pest control company serving residential and commercial clients. Operating globally through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Inc., PCO Services (now Orkin Canada),[4] HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, Industrial Fumigant Company, TruTech, Critter Control, Crane, Waltham, OPC Services, PermaTreat, Northwest Exterminating, McCall Service and Clark Pest Control,[5] as well UK subsidiaries Integrated Pest Management Limited, Safeguard Pest Control, NBC Environment, Europest Environmental Services, Guardian Pest Control, Ames, Kestrel and Beaver Pest Control, with Australian subsidiaries Allpest, Scientific Pest Control, Murray Pest Control and Statewide Pest Control, and Singapore subsidiary Aardwolf Pestkare, the company provides pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to over 2.8 million customers in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia from over 800 locations. The company started as Rollins Broadcasting in 1948, founded by John W. Rollins and his brother, O. Wayne Rollins. The company, originally financed in large part by John Rollins' auto dealerships, began as Rollins Broadcasting when the brothers purchased a 1460 WRAD, an AM radio station based in the rural town of Radford, Virginia. The company grew to include other radio stations, such as jazz station WBEE (AM 1570) in Harvey, Illinois, television stations such as WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York, Orkin, Inc., Western Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, a trucking concern (later sold to Penske Truck Leasing), a hazardous waste disposal service, an oil services business, and a cable television company. In 1984 the company spun off its oil services business, RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) to shareholders. Seller Inventory # 88733
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