Thomas Matthew Robins was born in Snow Hill, Maryland and graduated from West Point in 1904, as 2nd Lt., Corps of Engineers. He served in Cuba in 1908 and in Manila, 1909-1912. During World War I he was engineer officer at the Hoboken, N.J., port of embarkation. In 1929 he was division engineer, Southern Pacific Division, San Francisco, and later of the Northern Pacific Division, Portland, Oregon. While in Portland he was in charge of all rivers and harbors and flood control work, including Bonneville Dam construction. He was later stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and became Deputy Chief of Engineers. He retired in 1945, and did private consulting work.
From the guide to the Thomas M. Robins papers, 1913-1958, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
