Robin L. Roberts

Background

Roberts, Robin L. was born on August 23, 1956 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Lewis E. and Roberta B. Roberts.

Education

Associate of Arts, Longview Community College, Lee's Summit, Missouri, 1976; Bachelor in Journalism, U. Kansas, 1980.

Career

Reporter, The Shawnee Journal-Herald, Shawnee, Kansas, 1980-1983; editor, public, The Journal-Herald, Shawnee, 1983-1995; local editor, The Daily Union, Junction City, Kansas, 1995-1997; managing editor, The Daily Union, Junction City, Kansas, since 1997.

Achievements

• Robin L. Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Mississippi Shawnee Pageant, 1985, Quentrill's Raid Civil War re-enactments, 1987-1993. Member Sundown Salute Committee. Member Junction City Chamber of Commerce, shawnee Chamber of Commerce (president 1987, founder history markers commission, Citizen of the Year 1987), Fort Riley Old Troopers Regiment.

Interests

• Avocations: boating, fiction writing, reading, hiking, musical composition.

Connections

Married Rachel Irene Rusk, May 22, 1976 (divorced February 1994). Children: Austin Lewis, Todd Elliott.

Father:

Lewis E. Roberts

Mother:

Roberta B. Roberts

Spouse:

Rachel Irene Rusk

child:

Todd Elliott Roberts

child:

Austin Lewis Roberts