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Robinson, Phileon B. (Phileon Benjamin), 1923-2003

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1923 - 2003

Biographical History

Phileon B. Robinson (1923-2003) was an academic administrator in Utah.

Phileon Benjamin Robinson was born August 20, 1923 in Wilder, Idaho. He recieved his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1945. He received his MBA from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in 1946. From 1947 to 1950 he served a mission in Finland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After his return, in 1952 he married Hortense Burton. Then two years later in 1954 he returned to Finland with his family to serve as mission president there. In 1970 he received a doctorate from the University of Nebraska in Adult Education. He served 30 years as part of the Brigham Young University community, spending 20 years as an administrator in the Division of Continuing Education, after which he became the founding director of the Gerontology Center.

Robinson died September 13, 2003 in Provo, Utah.

Citation:
Familysearch, via WWW, April 30, 2015 (Phileon B. Robinson; b. August 20, 1923; d. Sept. 13, 2003)

Deseret news, via WWW, April 30, 2015 (Obituary: Phileon B. Robinson, Jr.; b. Wilder, Idaho; BA recieved BYU 1945; 1947-1950 Finland mission; 1952 married Hortense Burton; 1954 Finland mission president; MBA Northwestern University 1946; 1970 doctorate University of Nebraska in Adult Education; served 30 years BYU; 20 years Division of Continuing Education administrator; founding director of Gerontology center)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Division of Continuing Education collection of histories, 1921-1973

 Sub-Series — Box A 4: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231215739]
Identifier: UA 547 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains copies of histories of the Division of Continuing Education. Includes A Historical Study of Adult Education Programs of BYU, 1921-1966, by Keith L. Smith; Authorization for Adult Education and Extension Services by the Policy Making Groups of BYU, by George S. Haslam; and The History of Continuing Education at BYU, 1875-1973, by Richard Henstrom.

Dates: 1921-1973

Division of Continuing Education reports and comprehensive histories, 1921-1977

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the reports, surveys, and historical studies and histories of the Extension Division, Adult Education and Extension Service, and the Division of Continuing Education. Dated from 1921 from 1977.

Dates: 1921-1977

Evening School history, 1965

 Sub-Series — Box L 1: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197231218642], Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 547 Series 11 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a History of Evening Schools, 1965.

Dates: 1965

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