Background
III, James Dixon Robinson, was born on November 19, 1935 in Atlanta.
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James Dixon Robinson, III
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Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1961.
Career
Officer various departments Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, New York City, 1961-1966, assistant vice president, staff assistant to chairman board and president, 1967-1968. General partner White, Weld & Company, 1968-1970. Executive vice president American Express Company, New York City, 1970-1975, president, 1975-1977, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1977-1993.
President, Chief Executive Officer American Express International Banking Corporation, 1970—1973. Chairman American Express Credit Corporation, 1973—1975. President Juris Doctor Robinson Inc., since 1993.
Co-founder, general partner RRE Ventures, since 1994. Chairman RRE Investors, LLC. Non-executive chairman The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 2005—2008, board directors, 1976—2008.
Board directors The Coca Cola Company, since 1975, First Data Corporation, 1992-2007, Novell, Inc., 2001-2009.
Achievements
Membership
Active Business Council, Council on Foreign Relations, United States Japan Business Council, Dean's Advisory Council Roberto C. Goizueta School Business Emory University, Executive Advisory Board, Ivan Allen College. Honorary chairman board Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Honorary member The Brookings Institution.
Member board directors National Academy Foundation. Member President' Circuit The Asia Society. Board directors, chair emeritus Partnership of New York City.
Chair emeritus World Travel & Tourism Council. Former chair International Trade and Investment Task Force of the Business Roundtable, former chair services policy advisory committee. Former chairman advisory committee on trade and policy negotiations United Way of America.
Former member Council on Competitiveness. Former trustee Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Council on Economic Development. Former member Dewitt Wallace Foundation Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1957-1959.
Member Economic Club (New York City).
Connections
Married Bettye Bradley (divorced). 2 children; Married Linda Gosden, 1984. 2 children.
