Louis Newton Robinson

Background

Robinson, Louis Newton was born on November 3, 1880 in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Marklin and Annie Elizabeth (Thacher) Robinson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1905. Studied Cornell Univercity, 1905-1906, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911. Universities of Halle and Berlin, 1906-1907.

Career

Instructor economics, Swarthmore College, 1908-1909, assistant professor, 1909-1913, professor, 1913-1918. Chief probation officer, Municipal Court Philadelphia, 1918-1921. Directed survey small loan business under auspices of Russel Sage Foundation, 1922-1924.

Member and secretary Pennsylvania State Penal communications of 1913.

Member Pennsylvania Commission to Investigate Prison System of 1917. Member Pennsylvania Parole Commission, 1925-1927.

Member Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 1927-1929. Secretary committee of National Crime Commn on Pardons, Parole, Probation, Penal Laws and Institutional Correction, 1926-1928.

Chairman Pennsylvania Committee on Penal Affairs.

Chairman, Pennsylvania Board Parole, 1942-1943. Member and later Chairman of the Board Prison Industries Reorganization Administration, 1935-1938. Director Household Finance Corporation, Swarthore National Bank and Trust Company.

President of Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.

Achievements

• Louis Newton Robinson has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member and secretary Pennsylvania State Penal communications of 1913. Member Pennsylvania Commission to Investigate Prison System of 1917. Member Pennsylvania Parole Commission, 1925-1927.

Member Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 1927-1929.

Member and later Chairman of the Board Prison Industries Reorganization Administration, 1935-1938. Member American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology, American Statistical Association, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Caroline Hadley, June 18, 1908. Married second, Marylyn C. Wyse, August 30, 1947. Children: Walter Hadley, Miles Hadley, Alice, Christine, John Mark, T. Thacher.

Father:

John Marklin Robinson

Mother:

Annie Elizabeth (Thacher) Robinson

Spouse:

Marylyn C. Wyse

Spouse:

Caroline Hadley

child:

Miles Hadley Robinson

child:

T. Thacher Robinson

child:

John Mark Robinson

child:

Christine Robinson

child:

Alice Robinson

child:

Walter Hadley Robinson