Edward Lee Robinson

Background

Robinson, Edward Lee was born on November 6, 1933 in Clanton, Alabama, United States. Son of Alonzo Lee and Ollie Sarah (Mims) Robinson.

Education

AB with honors, Samford University, 1954. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1962.

Career

Director Cyclotron Laboratory Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1961-1967, assistant professor physics, chairman department, 1961-1962, associate professor, chairman department, 1962-1966, professor, chairman department, 1966-1967. Associate professor University Alabama, 1967-1977, co-radiation safety officer, 1967-1985, director Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory, 1970-1991, acting chairman department, 1973-1974, professor physics, 1977-1991, adjunct professor forensic science, 1983-1991, consultant in applied physics and accident reconstruction, since 1991. Principal, owner Robinson & Associates, LLC, 1998—2008.

Senior reconstructionist Vista Engineering Accident Reconstrn., Inc., since 2008. Consultant Hayes International Corporation, Birmingham, 1963-1968, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, 1968-1969. Researcher Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, 1968, 74-75, 82, University Maryland, College Park, 1966, 67.

Board overseers Samford University, since 1999. Advisory committee to dean Howard College of Arts and Sciences of Samford University, since 2002.

Achievements

• Edward Lee Robinson has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Birmingham Young Men’s Christian Association. Member at large national council, chairman science advisory committee for explorer scouting Boy Scouts American, 1999—2002. Member American Physical Society, Society Automotive Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alabama Academy of Sciences (life, vice president 1964-1965), Texas Association Accident Reconstrn.

Specialists (board directors 1999-2003), numerous other national and international professional associations.

Interests

• Avocations: handball, scuba diving.

Connections

Married Shirley Anne Burnett (divorced September 1972). Children: Edward Lee Junior, James Allan, Paul David. Married Linda G. Moon, 1990.

Father:

Alonzo Lee Robinson

Mother:

Ollie Sarah (Mims) Robinson

Spouse:

Shirley Anne Burnett

Spouse:

Linda G. Moon

child:

Paul David Robinson

child:

James Allan Robinson

child:

Edward Lee Junior Robinson