Arthur B. Robinson | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
March 24, 1942
Residence | United States |
Nationality | American |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | University of California, San Diego |
Alma mater |
California Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego |
Thesis | (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Martin Kamen |
Spouse | Laurelee Robinson (died 1988) |
Website www |
Arthur B. Robinson | |
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Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party | |
In office August 2013 – February 2015 |
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Preceded by | Allen Alley |
Succeeded by | Bill Currier |
Arthur Brouhard "Art" Robinson (born March 24, 1942) is an American biochemist, conservative activist, and politician. He was the four-time Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives for Oregon's 4th congressional district.
A former faculty member of the University of California, San Diego, Robinson now runs a laboratory known as the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine in Cave Junction, Oregon, a newsletter called Access to Energy, and publishes the Robinson Self-Teaching Home School Curriculum.
As the Republican nominee for the Fourth District in Oregon, Robinson ran and lost to Democratic incumbent Peter DeFazio in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. He served as Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party from August 2013 to February 2015.
Arthur Robinson was born in Chicago. He received a B.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1963, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego in 1968. His doctoral thesis was titled, Experiments on the synthesis and spectral characterization of cytochrome-related molecules.