sentences:  The following year, R. D. established the company's first retail bookstore on a college campus outside of Chicago, and in 1940, Garth Follett created Follett Library Book Company.Laddie Follett ran the company's original business – Wilcox & Follett – from 1952 until 1986.When C. W. Follett died in 1952 at the age of 70, Dwight Follett succeeded his father as chairman.