ROLLIN B. “Jim” BURTON JR. ’49

ROLLIN B. “Jim” BURTON JR., a retired salesman with Archer Daniels Midland/Union Bag & Paper Company, died May 7, 2012. He was 90. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was the brother-in-law of Jackson K. Burton of the class of 1936. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. An outstanding athlete and a member of Wesleyan’s Athletics Hall of Fame, in 1948 he was the 69th player picked in the NFL draft. Survivors include his wife, Joanne “Fifi” Burton; five children; six grandchildren; and a large extended family, including cousins Lex Burton ’73 and Steven Burton ’74.