Background
Robinson, Agnes Claflin was born on October 2, 1918 in New York City. Daughter of Crittenden Hull and Agnes Sanger (Claflin) Adams.
Robinson, Agnes Claflin was born on October 2, 1918 in New York City. Daughter of Crittenden Hull and Agnes Sanger (Claflin) Adams.
AB, Barnard College, 1941. Master of Science, New York University, 1949.
Technical assistant BEll Telephone Laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1943-1944. Vice president Family Service Association, Morristown, 1946-1948. Board directors Adult and Child Guidance Clinic, San Jose, California, 1955-1958.
Vice president Palo Alto (California) Mental Health Society, 1959-1963. President Parent-Teachers Association, Palo Alto, 1961-1963. Trustee Palo Alto Unified School District, 1963-1973, president, 1965-1967.
Chairman Drug Abuse Board, Palo Alto, 1971-1974. Member advisory board Nairobi Day Schools, East Palo Alto, 1969-1972. Member advisory board Child Care Now, 1972-1973.
Member California Post-Secondary Education Commission, 1974-1980, chairman, 1978-1980. Advisor to public affairs committee Young Women’s Christian Association, 1974-2002. Member Mid-Peninsula Committee for Integrated Education, 1974-1980.
Board directors Addiction Research Foundation, 1974-1978, president, 1974-1977. Board directors Mid-Peninsula Learning Center 1980-1983. President New Ways to Work, 1976-1979.
Member special legislation committee California Student Finance Aid Study Group, 1979. Member Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, 1981-1982. Board governors California Community Colleges, since 1982, president, 1986-1987.
Member accreditation committees Western Association Schools and Colleges, 1989-1997. Co-chair Palo Alto committee Study Circles for Racial Understanding, 1998-2002.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Parent-Teachers Association (life), Sierra Club (life), Radcliffe Club of Mid-Peninsula.
Married Albert Lewis Robinson (divorced). Children: Nicholas Adams, John Claflin, Hugh Wesley, James Allen, Lewis Stewart.