Lions In Sight of California and Nevada
Thomas "Robbie" Robinson
Robbie was born and raised in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York and graduated with a degree in Chemistry from St. Michael’s College in Winooski, VT. He served 4+ years in the Air Force as a munitions officer, where he met his wife, Nancy and they moved to White Plains, NY where he worked for Union Carbide in sales. In 1970, Carbide moved them Californian and two years later Carbide wanted to move them again. They liked it so well in the Bay Area that he parted company with Union Carbide and joined Betz Laboratories in sales of chemicals for industrial water treatment. Twenty-seven years later, in 1998, he retired from Betz. Today his activities include the SIRS, Lions, Knights of Columbus, 2 golf groups (KARAF, and the Wednesday Foreplayers). He serves on the St. Francis of Assisi Pastoral Council and sings in the choir. He is a bill payer with the Diablo Valley Foundation for the Aging and has been nominated to be on the Board of Directors. He and Nancy are celebrating their 38th anniversary this year and have two children, Megan Mack of Vancouver, WA and Neal of Walnut Creek.