John Wallace Robinson ’31

John W. "Robbie" Robinson died Feb. 8, 1998, in Richmond, Va., of complications following a long illness with Parkinson's disease.

At Princeton, Robbie participated in freshman sports and as a sophomore and in later years in 150-lb. football and varsity basketball. He graduated with an engineering degree and took employment with New York Light, Heat, and Power Co. in Elmira, N.Y., where he remained until 1934, when he switched to the Ruberoid Co. of Bound Brook, N.J. He stayed with Ruberoid until 1965, when he was named plant superintendent for insulation products for GAF Corp. in Macon, Ga. He retired in 1971 and moved to Midlothian, Va., a suburb of Richmond.

His marriage in 1935 to Helen Vosbury ended in divorce. He is survived by his widow, Evelyn, a daughter, Patricia Hardy, sons David, Richard, and John Jr., three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. The class shares their sorrow at John's death.