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Robinson, Lee W.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943-

Biographical History

Lee W. Robinson (born 1943) is a retired special educator and school administrator in Utah.

Lee W. Robinson was born in 1943, and worked in Illinois, Texas and Idaho before coming to Utah. He earned a master's degree in special education from Brigham Young University in 1970, and later obtained a Ed.D. in educational philosophy and special education in 1983. Robinson taught at schools for the blind, and became the superintendent of the State Schools for the Deaf and Blind in 1994. He also served as the president and executive director of the National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired.

Citation:
Living with low vision and blindness, 2007: ECIP t.p. (Lee W. Robinson, Ed.D.)

BYU Alumni Association, website, via WWW, Oct. 19, 2010 (Lee W. Robinson; Master of Arts Special Education BYU 1970; Doctor of Education BYU 1983)

Living with low vision and blindness, 2007: p. i (Lee W. Robinson; M.A., Brigham Young University; taught at residential school for the blind, later an administrator; Ed.D. in educational philosophy, special education, Brigham Young University; legally blind; president and executive director of National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired)

Deseret news, July 25, 1994 (Lee W. Robinson; superintendent, State Schools for the Deaf and Blind; worked in Illinois, Texas, and Idaho before coming to Utah)

Ancestry.com, Nov. 13, 2014 (Lee W. Robinson; b. Feb. 8, 1943)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lee W. Robinson photograph collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233646998]
Identifier: UA 5547
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs collected by Robinson. The first is a Christmas card sent to a Mrs. H. Robinson with a photographic insert from Glenn S. Potter, dated 1927. The second is a photograph of John C. Swenson with a large group of women sitting outside the Academy building.

Dates: 1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Lee W. Robinson photograph collection

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