Education
Madison High School
A.B. Cornell University
LLB Cornell Law School
Experience
United States District Judge, 1966 to present
Military Service
U.S. Army (1943-1947)
Other Government Service
Associate Judge, Juvenile Court, District of Columbia
Civic and Community Activities
Board of Directors, Family and Child Services of Washington, D.C., 1954-63
Board of Directors, Family Services Association of America, 1958-67
Board of Directors, Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, 1969-85
American Bar Association Committee on Judges Function, 1970-72
Judicial Conference Ad Hoc Committee on Court Facilities and Design, 1971-78
Chairman, National Conference of Federal Triangle Judges, 1973-74
Member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Criminal Law, 1976-78
Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University, 1975-84
Member of the Board of the Federal Judicial Center, 1982-82
Member of the Board of Trustees, Cornell University and as a Cornell Trustee served on the Development, Board Memberships and Academic Affairs Committees
Member of the Minority Education Ad Hoc Committee 1983-84
Advisory Council for Cornell Law School from 1976-83
Honors and Awards
June of 1986: Awarded the Cornell Law School Distinguished Alumnus Award
October 23, 1987: Recipient of an Honorary Law Degree from Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
May 6, 1989: Awarded the Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit by the Washington Bar Association
December 1, 1990: Awarded the 1990 Judicial Honoree Award by The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
July 12, 1991: United States Merit Systems Protection Board Certification in Recognition and Appreciation of the Presentation on The Art of Judicial Decision-Making at the Third National Administrative Judges’ Conference, July 8-12, 1991
Published Works
Remarks, 105 F.R.D. 263
Remarks, 100 F.R.D. 115
A Discussion of the Problems of the Bar and Bench
Report and Tentative Recommendations of the Committee to Consider Standards for admission to Practice in the Federal Courts, 85 F.R.D. 208
Born
March 30, 1922, Madison, New Jersey
Family
Parents: Aubrey E. Robinson, born Harrisburg, PA; Mable J. Robinson, born Harrisburg, PA
Spouse: Doris A. Robinson
Children: Paula Elaine Collins, Sheryl Louise Robinson and Jacqueline Washington