Robison Family

Board and Committee memberships:

American Association for Jewish Education Governing Council, Commission on Statistical Research Information American Association of University Women Acting Representative at United Nations , Board and National Committee on International Relations and National Speakers' Bureau American Friends of Hebrew University Member, Founders' Society America Israel Cultural Foundation Various committees American Histadrut Cultural Exchange Institute Board American-Israel Public Affairs Committee National Executive Committee, Washington Conference and Nominating Committee American Lung Association of New Jersey Nominating Committee, Executive Committee Bergen Community College Israel Advisory Committee to the President Bergen County Symphony Society Women's Guild Bergen-Passaic Lung Association Board and Executive Committee, Representative on State Board, Member of various committees Brandeis University Women's Association Life member Columbia University, Teachers College Alumni Council Community Museum of Bergen County Board Dames of the Royal Legion of the United States of America Member, member of 75 th anniversary committee, speaker Easter Seal Association State Board, House of Delegates and Development Committee Fairleigh Dickinson University Advisory committee, Center for Social Work and Applied Social Research Hadassah Life member, National Speakers' Bureau International Council of Jewish Women Editor, ICJW Magazine, Member, Administrative Committee International Program Association Member Jewish Federation of Community Services Board, Committees League of Women's Voters Member National Council of Jewish Women Representative at United Nations , National Board Emeritus , NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education Board , various committees and task forces, National Representative for Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations , National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council , National Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council Program and plenary session committees Republican Women's Club of Bergen County Board, Advisory Committee Rutgers State University of New Jersey Board and Advisory Committees, Department of Hebraic Studies State of Israel Bonds Board of Women's Division, National and Teaneck Teaneck College Club Board Tuberculosis-Respiratory Disease Association of Bergen and Passaic Counties Board, Executive Committee, Representative on State Board United Jewish Appeal Officer of Women's Division of Teaneck , National Speaker United Nations Association Member University of Maine Development Council Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association of Bergen County Board and various committees

Offices:

American Association of University Women Vice-President, Northern Valley Branch, Chair, various committees American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Secretary American Lung Association of New Jersey Vice-President, Chair, Program Committee, Public Relations Committee Bergen-Passaic Lung Association Chair of Program Committee, By-laws Committee Easter Seal Association Co-Chair 1979 Telethon, Auxiliary Committee Hadassah Chair, Education in Teaneck International Council of Jewish Women Vice-President, Chair, International Resolutions Committee Israel Co-Chair with Mr. Robison, 25 th Anniversary Committee of Bergen County Jewish Federation of Community Services Chair, First Bergen County Campaign, Vice- President National Conference on Soviet Jewry Chair, Nominating Committee National Council of Jewish Women Chair, National International Affairs Committee, Co-Chair, Second Summit Conference in Israel 1974 , Chair, Priority Task Force on Israel National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council Vice-President, Secretary, Chair of Agenda Committee for Plenary meeting, Co-Chair, Membership Committee Republican Women's Club of Bergen County Chair of International Affairs Teaneck College Club Chair, Program, Book Fair Tuberculosis-Respiratory Disease Association Of Bergen and Passaic Counties Chair, Program United Jewish Appeal Chair, Women's Division, Teaneck Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association of Bergen County Co-Chair, Adult Center for Jewish and Related Studies

Awards:

Board and Committee memberships:

Bergen County Chamber of Commerce Board Bergen Stage Repertory Theater Board Columbia University Presidents Council, Advisory Committee on Jewish Studies Fairleigh Dickinson University Board of Overseers Hackensack Hospital Executive Committee, Board of Governors International Association of University Presidents Member Jewish National Fund National Board National Conference of Christians and Jews , Bergen County Board New York Cultural Center Board of Governors National Foundation for Jewish Culture Executive Committee P.E.C. Israel Economic Corporation Board Public Television New Jersey Advisory Committee Rutgers State University of New Jersey Department of Hebraic Studies State of Israel Bonds National Board of Governors Teaneck City Council Councilman Township Council , Teaneck, New Jersey Member United Jewish Community of Bergen County Allocations committee University of Bridgeport Council of International Fellows Yeshiva University, Graduate Schools Board of Governors

Offices:

America-Israel Cultural Foundation Vice-President American Friends of Ben Gurion University Director Bergen County Friends of Music Director Bergen County Symphony Society President Bergen Philharmonic Director Fairleigh Dickinson University Chair, Board of Fellows, President, Town and Gown Society Friends of New Jersey Network (Public Television) Treasurer Histadrut Director, New Jersey State Board Israel Speaks (publication) President Jerusalem Foundation Director Material for Israel Chair Military Order of the Loyal Legion Treasurer, New York Commandery of the United States New York Cultural Center Director State of Israel Bonds Founder Sutton Ensemble Director Teaneck Community Chest President Teaneck Jewish Community Center President United Jersey Bank of New Jersey Director William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts Director

Honors:

Ann Green Robison, journalist, lecturer, educator, textile business executive, and philanthropist, was born in 1904 in Russia and brought up in Old Town, Maine . She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine in 1924 (Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa) and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 1975 . In 1935, she received a Masters Degree from Columbia University Teachers College, and in 1959 a certificate in Hebrew from the Women's Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America . She married Adolph Robison on August 28, 1927 and had two sons, Peter and Michael.

Mrs. Robison taught French, English, and Math in Lincoln, Maine for one year before teaching French, History, and Math in New Rochelle, New York for the next fourteen years. In 1941, she began her career as a textile business executive and became Vice-President of the Robison Textile Company .

From 1947 through 1952, Mrs. Robison served as the National Council of Jewish Women 's Accredited Representative to the United Nations and broadcast radio shows on Radio Free Europe from overseas under the auspices of the United States delegation to the United Nations .

In 1962, Mrs. Robison lectured throughout Israel promoting NCJW projects. She was invited in 1969 by the Jewish Board of Deputies and the Union of Jewish Women in South Africa to launch the Women's United Communal Fund in South Africa . In 1968 and 1971, respectively, she accompanied her husband to South Korea and Liberia for conventions held by the International Association of University Presidents .

From 1965 to 1987, Mrs. Robison was a columnist for The Jewish Standard published in Jersey City . Her column, "On the Go", dealt with subjects on the Jewish and general community scene. Other writing included articles for the United Nations News for Women Broadcasters, while a representative at the United Nations ; for organization journals, including the journal of the American Association of University Women ; for the International Council for Jewish Women (ICJW) Newsletter; and for the American Lung Association .

In 1970, she was honored as the first woman to receive the "Man of the Year Award" in the history of the YM-YMHA of Bergen County, New Jersey . Mr. and Mrs. Robison were made Honorary Fellows of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1974 during the National Council for Jewish Women's (NCJW) First Summit Conference in Israel . Other honors accredited to Mrs. Robison are "Woman of the Year" by the United Jewish Appeal of Tenneco, New Jersey in 1964 ; the Medal of Merit by Fairleigh Dickinson University ; and the naming of a girls' dormitory - Ann Robison House - on Fairleigh Dickinson 's Rutherford Campus. The American Association of University Women named a fellowship for her. In 1972, both the Zionist Organization of America and the Jewish War Veterans of Tenneco honored Mr. and Mrs. Robison. The Jewish Federation of Bergen County honored the couple in 1976 .

Mrs. Robison also served a number of terms on the National Council for Jewish Women's (NCJW) National Board of Directors and as Chairwoman of many of its major committees. In addition, she also served on the Board of the NCJW Research Institute of Innovation in Education .

Other organizations in which Mrs. Robison was active include the American Lung Association of New Jersey ; Vice-President; the YM-YWHA of Bergen County ; the American Association of University Women ; the Republican Women's Club of Bergen County ; the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Secretary; the America-Israel Cultural Foundation ; and the Community Museum of Bergen County . Mrs. Robison was elected Vice-President of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) in 1975 and 1976 . Mrs. Robison was the first woman officer in the history of the organization. Mr. and Mrs. Robison served as chairmen of the 25 th Anniversary Committee of Bergen County 's Salute to Israel . Mrs. Robison served on the American Committee for Israel 's 25 th Anniversary Celebration.

In 1972 and 1975, Mrs. Robison was elected Vice-President of the International Council of Jewish Women .

Mrs. Robison was a member of the Alumni Council of Teachers College, Columbia University ; the Governing Council of American Association for Jewish Education, The Founder's Society of the American Friends of Hebrew University, and the Board of the Easter Seal Association of New Jersey and was Chairman of its Public Relations Committee . She was also Chairwoman of the International Relations Committee of the American Association of University Women .

Mrs. Robison died in Teaneck, New Jersey in 1995 .

Adolf C. Robison, textile entrepreneur, philanthropist, musician, composer, playwright, Arctic traveler, and Haganah gun runner, was born in New York City on February 4, 1904 to Louis and Paula (Cohn). He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Columbia University (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1924 and honorary degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Kyung Hee University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He married Ann Green Robison on August 28, 1927, and had two sons, Peter and Michael.

As a businessman, he was President of Robison Industries Inc., President of Robison-Anton Export Corp., Chairman of the Board of Robison-Anton Textile Co., Chairman of the Board of Robison of Canada Limited, Chairman of Dyerite Inc., and President of Palm Beach Properties . Robison Anton Textiles supplied the majority of insignia worn by the armed forces during World War II and supplied the yarn from which the official arm patches of the astronauts who participated in the first moon landing were woven.

Robison was an officer in the Haganah underground army during the Israeli war of independence; he operated out of New York hotel, smuggling arms into Israel . From 1948-1951, he served as Chairman of the Board for Material for Israel, an organization that supplied the Haganah with supplies for the war. He was decorated by the Israeli government. Robison was a founding member of the State of Israel Bonds Committee .

Robison had a long association with Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he served as Chairman of the Board of Fellows . The university named its science and engineering building for him in 1964 . In 1966, it awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Law degree. He also served as Vice-President of Friends of Department of Hebraic Studies at Rutgers University . As a Representative for Fairleigh Dickinson University, he attended overseas conventions held by the International Association of University Presidents in Seoul, Korea and Monrovia, Liberia . At the Liberian conference, his piece, "The Tubman March," was performed at a memorial service for the Liberian President William V.S. Tubman.

Memberships included the American-Israel Cultural Foundation ; Israel Bonds, of which he was a Founder; Histadrut ; Jewish National Fund ; Teaneck Jewish Community Center ; Friends of Kyung Hee University ; Board of Governors, Hackensack New Jersey Hospital ; Teaneck City Council ; and the Teaneck Community Chest . He also served as Director of the Bergen County, New Jersey YMHA .

Robison had a life-long passion for music. He composed works for symphonic band, voice, and piano, solo piano, and chamber groups. In addition to the Tubman March, he composed the National March of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States ; the Fairleigh Dickinson University Marching Song, and a song in a British movie. Also a performing musician, Robison held the first bassoonist chair in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years and was a regular member of the Friends of Chamber Music . He also wrote plays and poetry.

During his later years, Robison continued traveling; in 1982, he took part in a month long expedition to Antarctica .

Robison died in Teaneck, New Jersey in 1987 .