Ronald W. Collins

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Ronald Wayne Collins (b. August 15, 1949), author, historian and genealogist, is the son of Winfred Allen Collins and Leona Matilda Leppard Collins.

He was born in Glens Falls, N.Y. A graduate of the State University of New York at Stonybrook with a degree in Mathematics in 1972. Collins went on to the University of New York at Albany in a dual track Masters Program in Physics and Ph.D. Program in Philosophy of Science, 1973-75; Georgia State University School of Business Administration: Advanced Program in Management and Program Management, 1978; Northeastern University: Operations Research and Computer Science Management, 1982; and University of California at Berkeley: Executive Development Program, 1985. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from State University of New York at Stony Brook, was Elected to the Philosophy of Science Association 1972, held a joint fellowship at SUNY Albany 1973 for MS Program in Physics and Ph.D. Program in Philosophy of Science and was listed with honors by the National Science Foundation 1975.

Following a successful career in business where he held positions as Divisional Vice President, and European Managing Director for the Polaroid Corporation, and following that as President and CEO of Convergent Energy and Convergent Manufacturing Systems, Collins authored over eight books of genealogy and history. He married Phyllis Jean Matteson on July 12, 1969 and divorced on January 27, 1999. By Matteson he had one son, Christopher, born February 14, 1970. On September 2, 2001 he married Janice Dodd and they now reside in Hebron, New Hampshire.

[edit] References

  • Collins, Ronald Wayne. The ancestral history of William M Bronk : containing genealogies of the Bronk, Bronck, van Hoesen, Halenbek, and Funston families. [New York] : North East Genealogy Research : Collins Publishing, 1997.
  • Collins, Ronald Wayne. The Collins family history : the ancestral history of Winfred Allen Collins Collins Pub. Co., 1994.
  • Collins, Ronald Wayne. A genealogy primer and sources listing. [Ashland, MA] : Collins Publishing, [1994].
  • Collins, Ronald Wayne. The Collins family history : the genealogical history of the Collins family of Washington County, New York. 4th ed. Ashland, MA : Collins Pub., 1997.
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