JOHN A. ROBINSON ’49

JOHN A. ROBINSON, the retired president of the eastern division of the Longview Fibre Box Company, died June 11, 2013. He was 88 and was the brother of the late William C. Robinson of the class of 1944. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he was elected to Wesleyan’s Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the only undefeated and untied football team. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and was part of the V-12 program. After receiving his degree from Wesleyan, he attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School. He started with Longview as a factory worker and rose through sales to management. An avid athlete and volunteer tennis coach, his retirement project was the establishment of Flyway Farm, raising and racing harness horses. His wife, Dorothy Spencer Robinson, survives, as do six children; 17 grandchildren, including Anna N. Watson ’00; three great-grandchildren; his sister; and many nieces and nephews.