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Dr. A. P. Rosselot, 84, of 9133 N. State Rd., professor emeritus of history and government at Otterbein College, and a resident of the Westerville area for 66 years, died Monday, July 18.

Funeral services will be conducted by Dr. M. J. Miller at 10:30 a.m. today (July 21) in the First EUB Church in Westerville. Entombment will be made in Otterbein Mausoleum by the Moreland Funeral Home.

Dr. Rosselot is survived by a son, Gerald, Detroit, Mich.; a daughter, Dr. LaVelle Rosellot, at home; a sister, Mrs. Mary Rayot, Abington, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews. His wife Eathel, died in 1953.

Since coming to Westerville from Mowrystown in 1900 as a student at the former Otterbein Academy, Dr. Rosselot has been most active in church, college and community affairs.

In 1905 following his graduation from Otterbein with a B. A. degree, Dr. Rosselot began teaching at his alma mater where he taught for 55 complete years.

Besides his B. A. degree from Otterbein, Dr. Rosselot also earned an M. A. at the University of Wisconsin in 1909 and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1933.

Although he retired from teaching at Otterbein in 1952, Dr. Rosselot returned in the fall of 1952 at the request of former President J. Gordon Howard to teach history and government, and later foreign languages. In May, 1956, he went to France with his daughter, Dr. LaVelle Rosselot, to assist in producing the first sound-film test in French ever made. In 1961 he re-entered academic retirement.

However, in 1963, Dr. Rosselot began serving Otterbein on a part-time basis for two years as chaperone as the college began its Junior Year Abroad program in France.

During his years at Otterbein, Dr. Rosselot taught at various times nearly all courses in both the foreign language, and history and government departments, as well as Bible, economics and sociology.

Dr. Rosselot played a most active role in local government here for 25 years. He was elected mayor of Westerville in 1905, the first Democrat elected to the post since the Civil War, and served for two years.

After the manager-council form of government was adopted in Westerville in 1915, Dr. Rosselot was elected to three terms on City Council, 1917-25. He was Council Chairman from 1917-19.

In addition to his other interests, Dr. Rosselot also operated a dairy business from his farm home for many years.

Other community activities included long-time membership in the Westerville Lions Club and the Blendon Grange. He was one of the active promoters for construction of the present Grange Hall on East College Avenue.

Dr. Rosselot was a member of numerous educational and professional organizations. He was a charter member and former president of the Ohio Academy of Social Sciences. Dr. Rosselot also was a member of the Central Ohio Schoolmasters Club, the American Association of Teachers of French, the Ohio Historical Society and the Delaware County Historical Society.

For 30 years Dr. Rosselot was a sponsor for Pi Kappa Phi (County Club) Fraternity at Otterbein and saw over 100 young men initiated into the fraternity.

Public Opinion - July 21, 1966