Doyle Wayne Rogers was born on October 20, 1918, in Diaz, Jackson County, Arkansas, and grew up in Newport, Arkansas.
Rogers attended Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, and Arkansas Tech University, Russellville. He trained with the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
In 1953 he founded the Doyle Rogers Company. His real estate developments include the College Heights subdivision in Batesville, the Excelsior Hotel, the Arkansas Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Beaver Village Resort in Colorado, and projects with Wal-Mart. He served as chairman of the board of Metropolitan National Bank.
Rogers was a 2006 inductee in the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.
He passed away on February 4, 2013.
#1: Composite image of drawing of Doyle Rogers and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Doyle Rogers with his aunt, Elizabeth Rogers; Amarillo, Texas, 1944
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#3: Drawing of Doyle Rogers as a private in the US Air Force; Atlantic City Boardwalk, New Jersey
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#4: Batesville Rotary Club, 1962
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#5: Batesville Rotary Club members, 1962
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#6: Doyle and Raye Rogers with their children, Barbara Josephine and Doyle "Rog" Jr.
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#7: Doyle Rogers receiving a Citizen of the Year plaque, Batesville Rotary Club, 1965
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#8: Minnie Martha Camp Jackson, mother of Raye Jackson (Rogers), 1911
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#9: Excelsior Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1983
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#10: Doyle Rogers Realty and Insurance Agency, 1970
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#11: Doyle Rogers, Lee Rogers, and Sam Walton at Hotel Bermuda, 1985
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#12: Doyle Rogers (left) and Finley Vinson at the Excelsior Hotel, 1981
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#13: Doyle Rogers and his wife, Raye, 1984
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#14: Doyle Rogers, 1984
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#15: Raye Rogers, 1984
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#16: Doyle Rogers looking at the Rogers Building from the Excelsior Hotel; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006
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#17: Doyle Rogers in the Excelsior Hotel boardroom; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006
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#18: Doyle Rogers in the Metropolitan Bank boardroom; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006
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#19: Doyle Rogers in the Metropolitan National Bank boardroom; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006
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#20: Doyle Rogers, 2005
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#21: Doyle and Raye Rogers in Hawaii; April 23, 1982
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#22: Doyle and Raye Rogers, Fourth of July in Destin, Florida
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#23: Doyle and Raye Rogers on a cruise ship in Lisbon, Portugal; June 29, 1997
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#24: Doyle and Raye Rogers on a cruise ship, Portugal, 1997
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#25: Doyle and Raye Rogers on their 60th anniversary; March 31, 2001
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#26: Doyle Rogers, Colin Powell, and Raye Rogers at the President's House, Harding University, 1999
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#27: Doyle Rogers (right) shaking hands with Billy Graham at the Governor's Mansion, 1998
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#28: Doyle Rogers with his grandson, Jackson Doyle Rogers, 2006
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#29: Doyle Rogers receiving the Arkansas Children's Award, 2002
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#30: Doyle Rogers (right) with MIke Beebe, 2002
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#31: Four generations of Josephines: Josephine Raye Rogers, Barbara Josephine Rogers Hoover, Josephine Lasley Hoover Felton, and Catherine Josephine Felton
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#32: Doyle "Rog" Jr. and Carolyn Rogers, Barbara Rogers Hoover and Pete Hoover, Doyle and Raye Rogers; Little Rock Country Club, Easter, 2007
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#33: Still frame from Pryor center video interview with Doyle Rogers at Barbara Hoover's residence; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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#34: Still frame from Pryor center video interview with Doyle Rogers at Barbara Hoover's residence; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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