JAMES S. ROBINSON ’81

JAMES S. ROBINSON, an award-winning journalist, died Jan. 13, 2004, of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 44. After graduating from Wesleyan he received a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. At the time of his death he was the associate director of the Stanford University News Service and edited the university’s faculty/staff newspaper. Under his editorship the paper won the Gold Medal for Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in 2002. He came to Stanford in 1998 following a distinguished career at newspapers including the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and Agence France-Presse. A certified interpreter, he spoke French, Italian and Spanish fluently. Survivors include his partner, Ken Wingard, his parents, a brother, and a nephew and niece.