Background
Robinson, Robert Armstrong was born on September 11, 1925 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Ethel (Armstrong) Robinson.
Robinson, Robert Armstrong was born on September 11, 1925 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Ethel (Armstrong) Robinson.
AB magna cum laude, Brown University, 1950. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1952. Postgraduate, University Illinois, 1955.
Little D., Episcopal Theological Seminary Kentucky, 1971. Doctor of Civil Law, University South, 1972. Doctor of Laws, Nashotah House, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Instructor English, Brown U., 1950-1953;
instructor English, assistant professor rhetoric, University of Illinois, 1953-1956;
trust officer, Colonial Bank & Trust Company, Waterbury, 1956-1963;
vice president, trust officer, Colonial Bank & Trust Company, 1963-1965;
senior trust officer, Colonial Bank & Trust Company, 1965-1966;
vice president, secretary, Church Pension Fund and Affiliates, Church Life Insurance Corporation, Church Insurance Company, Church Agency Corporation, Church Hymnal Corporation, 1966-1967;
executive vice president, Church Pension Fund and Affiliates, Church Life Insurance Corporation, Church Insurance Company, Church Agency Corporation, Church Hymnal Corporation, 1967-1968;
president, director, Church Pension Fund and Affiliates, Church Life Insurance Corporation, Church Insurance Company, Church Agency Corporation, Church Hymnal Corporation, 1968-1991;
president emeritus, Church Pension Fund and Affiliates, Church Life Insurance Corporation, et al., since 1991;
manager East Side House Settlement. Board directors Seabury Press, Inc., Mariners Institutional Funds, Inc., Mariner Tax Free Institutional Fund, UST Master Funds, Morehouse Public Company, Inc., Mariner Funds Trust, Mariner Equity Trust, Pigmy Corporation, United States.T. Master Tax Free Funds, United States.T. Master Variable Series, Inc., Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company, Infinity Funds, Inc., others.
Consultant to executive director Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Director Infinity Mutual Funds, Excelsior Mutual Funds.
Trustee Hillspeak, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Canterbury Cathedral Trust in American, Hoosac School Washington National Cathedral, Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin, H.B. and F.K. Bugher Foundation, Living Church Foundation. Member executive committee New York councils Boy Scouts American, Church Pensions Conference. Member economic advisory board Columbia University Graduate School Business Adminstrn, member John Carter Brown Library.
Associate With infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Numismatic Society (councillor), Connecticut Bankers Association (vice president, head trust division), American Numismatic Association, Newsomen Society, St. Andrew's Society (New York City), Brown Club (New York City), Union League Club (New York City), Church Club (New York City) (president since 1991), Country Club of New Canaan, Athenaeum Club (London), Pilgrims, Union, Metropolitan Clubs (Washington), Yeaman's Hall Club (Charleston, South Carolina), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: St. Andrew's Society (New York City), Brown (New York City), Union League (New York City), Church (New York City), Country of New Canaan, Athenaeum (London), Pilgrims, Union, Metropolitan (Washington), Yeaman's Hall (Charleston, South Carolina).
Married D. Ann Harding, June 7, 1947. 1 child, Gayllis Robinson Ward.