The namesake of the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business — and numerous other funds, scholarships, boards and faculty chairs — died Sunday at age 95.

Henry B. Tippie, an American business legend whose path to Wall Street started in Belle Plaine passed away on Sunday at the age of 95. Tippie graduated from the University of Iowa after serving in the military at the end of of World War II. He would go to lead Rollins, Inc. and turn it into a $2 billion company.

Henry Tippie, a University of Iowa alum whose donations to the school over the years led to the College of Business being named in his honor, passed away Sunday at the age of 95.

Henry Tippie, the Belle Plaine farm boy who went on to become a major benefactor to the University of Iowa and namesake of its business school, died Sunday at age 95.

Henry B. Tippie, one of the University of Iowa’s most significant supporters and benefactors, died on Sunday at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 95.

Namesake of the University of Iowa business school, Henry B. Tippie, died Feb. 20 at age 95. He was at his home in Austin, Texas.

Whenever Henry B. Tippie made a donation to the University of Iowa, he called it a "small down payment for benefits received." "He was so appreciate of the doors that were opened to him by getting an accounting degree (at Iowa)," Dan Collins said, research professor for accounting in the Tippie College of Business.

A Belle Plaine, Iowa native, Henry Tippie grew up milking cows on the family farm, attended a one-room rural schoolhouse and made it to the university using the G.I. Bill after serving in World War II. He ended up excelling academically, graduating earlier than expected in 1949 — missing only one class, because he was sick and overslept — and building a successful business career on Wall Street.

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