Charles W. Robinson
| Charles W. Robinson | |
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| United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
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In office April 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Robert S. Ingersoll |
| Succeeded by | Warren Christopher |
| Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | |
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In office January 3, 1975 – April 9, 1976 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | George Wildman Ball |
| Succeeded by | William D. Rogers |
| Personal details | |
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Charles Wesley Robinson September 7, 1919 Long Beach, California |
| Died | May 20, 2014 (aged 94) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Spouse(s) | Tamara Lindovna (m. 1957; his death 2014) |
| Education | |
Charles Wesley Robinson (September 7, 1919 – May 20, 2014) was an American entrepreneur who was involved with many successful business adventures in the mining and shipping industry. He also served as United States Deputy Secretary of State. He was president of CBTF Co and M Ship Co., a board member of Nike and Chairman of Nike’s Finance Committee.
Robinson was born in Long Beach, California and spent his early years on a ranch overlooking the Antelope Valley in the Western Mojave Desert. He received his bachelor's degree cum laude in international economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941. After graduating from a 90-day engineering program at the United States Naval Academy in May 1942, he stayed on as an instructor for another year.
He then received an assignment to the heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa and spent nearly two years on the treacherous Murmansk run. The young lieutenant found himself in charge of the main engine division on the ship during the D-Day landing of Normandy, during which the Tuscaloosa engaged in a long battle with a German battery (reported by the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ira Wolfert in the August 1944 issue of Readers Digest).
After further duty in the Pacific at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, in February 1946, Robinson had earned enough points to be discharged from the Navy and left for Palo Alto, California to enter the Stanford University Business School. He graduated with a business degree through an accelerated program in May 1947.
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