Philip E. Robinson ’32
Philip E. Robinson died Apr. 29, 2001, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark. He was 90.
Born May 6, 1910, in Philadelphia to Philip Ely and Mary Eaves Gillespie Robinson, Philip attended Princeton and Union College, in New York. He married Helene in 1961.
Philip worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Silver Spring, Md., for 28 years. He lived in Mountain Home since 1974, when he moved from Maryland. Philip enjoyed ham radio, music, flying, gliding, sailing, and fishing. He was a Protestant.
He is survived by daughter Susan Holman and her husband, Donald; daughter Patricia Yamaoka; stepsons Michael Shah and John Bruce Shah; a stepdaughter, Patricia Anne Swartz; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife; a brother, Albert; and a sister, Katherine.
The class sends its condolences.
The Class of 1932
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