Dr. Rosselot was born on April 3, 1932, in Owensville. After high school graduation, he served in the Army during the Korean War. He graduated from Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, in 1958, received his MA the following year from DePaw University, and his Ph.D from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978.
He became a member of the English Department at what became UNCW in 1959 and retired as an Associate Professor with Emeritus Status in 1990.
Dr. Rosselot was a member of the Order of Issac Bear, initially a group of the thirteen faculty members who taught on the Issac Bear campus. He was a member of the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Nancy, and his brother, James D. Rosselot.
Funeral services will be Friday, February 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk. Following a reception at the church, burial will be at Oleander Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk, 2 West Fayetteville Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480.
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