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Biographical History
Donald Wilford Robinson (1928-2014) was a mathematics professor at Brigham Young University for 43 years.
Donald Wilford Robinson was born on February 29, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Wilford Allen and Thirza Cornick Robinson. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Eastern States Mission from 1948 to 1950. He married Helen Ruth Sorenson on August 27, 1952, in the Salt Lake Temple. They later had seven children. Robinson earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah, in 1948 and 1952, respectively. After receiving a doctorate from the Case Institute of Technology in 1956, Robinson was hired as a professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University, where he stayed for 43 years. Robinson remained active in the Latter-day Saint faith, serving as a bishopric counselor, a bishop, a stake missionary, temple ordinance worker, and on three high councils.
Robinson passed away on November 10, 2014, at his home in Utah.
Citation:
Daily Herald, via WWW, 17 February 2015 (Donald Wilford Robinson was born on February 29, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Wilford Allen and Thirza Cornick Robinson; married Helen Ruth Sorenson on August 27, 1952 in the Salt Lake temple; later had seven children; received a Doctorate from the Case Institute of Technology in 1956; hired as a professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University, where he stayed for 43 years; remained active in the LDS church, serving as a bishopric counselor, a bishop, a stake missionary, temple ordinance worker, and on three high councils; passed away on November 10, 2014, in Provo, Utah).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6802
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a certificate for the Karl G. Maeser award and sixteen (16) volumes of journals, documenting Donald Wilford Robinson’s mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the southern United States from 1948 to 1950. Donald records each day of his mission in great detail. He relates teaching appointments, street meetings, tracting experiences, scriptures he studied and his own testimony of the gospel. The journals begin with his account of graduation and...
Dates:
1948-1992
