Background
Robins, Thomas Matthews was born on March 14, 1881 in Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. Son of John Littleton and Julia (Matthews) Robins.
Robins, Thomas Matthews was born on March 14, 1881 in Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. Son of John Littleton and Julia (Matthews) Robins.
Student Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1897-1899, honorary Bachelor of Arts, 1919. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1904. Graduate Engineer School, 1908.
Command and General staff schedul (honor graduate), 1923, Army War College, 1926.
Commissioned Second lieutenant C.E., United States Army, June 15, 1904, and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, assistant chief of engrs., September 1, 1939. Major general, January 1942, major general, retired. Engaged as construction engineering.
Member American Society Engineers, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Club: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Eleanor Foote Reifsnider, 1913. Children: Thomas Matthews, Elizabeth Billingslen (Mistress August F. Weinel).