Edward O. Robinson ’60

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Ned died of renal-cell carcinoma Sept. 10, 2014, in New Hampshire.

The son of Harlan B. Robinson ’30, Ned was born in California and graduated from Pasadena High School, where he played baseball and worked on various student publications. At Princeton, he was on the freshman crew.

He withdrew from Princeton and returned to California, where he majored in finance at the University of Southern California and   graduated in 1960. He continued there to study law, and after receiving a J.D. degree in 1963, joined the firm of Boyle, Atwill & Stearns, later becoming a partner.

Ned was very active in the Tournament of Roses and Kiwanis, where he served as president. He also belonged to the Pasadena Quarterbacks Club and the Annandale Golf Club.

His first wife, Sally, predeceased him. His wife, Lorna; daughter Stacy; son Scott; stepdaughters Tracy and Kimberly; stepson Eric; seven granddaughters; and five grandsons survive Ned. The class extends sympathy to all the family.

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