Charles W. Robinson

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Charles W. Robinson (1975)

Charles Wesley Robinson (born September 7, 1919 in Long Beach , California , † May 20, 2014 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American business manager and entrepreneur , who was also temporarily deputy secretary of state of the United States .

Life

After attending school, Robinson studied economics at the University of California at Berkeley and graduated in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Economics). He then did his military service as an engineer officer in the US Navy during the Second World War . After the end of the Second World War, he completed a postgraduate course in business administration at Stanford University , where he obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 1947 .

He then worked in the private sector and was President of the Marcona Mining Corporation between 1952 and 1974 . In the course of time he has also been involved in numerous economic and political organizations such as the committee for international politics of the US Chamber of Commerce , as a member of the presidential circle of the National Academy of Sciences , as a trustee of the Brookings Institution , as a member of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council and the Council on Foreign Relations . In 1973 he was a founding member of the Trilateral Commission .

In 1975 he was first Undersecretary of State in the US State Department and as such was responsible for economics, business and agriculture until 1975 ( US Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs ). He then took over from April 1976 until the end of the term of President Gerald Ford in January 1977 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ( US Deputy Secretary of State ).

In 1977 Robinson returned to the private sector and was initially managing partner of the investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co. , which merged with Lehman Brothers in 1977.Then he was not only a member of the Board of Directors of Nike between 1977 and 2004 , but also deputy between 1978 and 1979 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Company. At times he was also a member of the board of directors of the Arthur D. Little consultancy .

Most recently he was entrepreneur of venture capital companies and founder of DynaYacht. DynaYacht commercialized the tilt keel principle ( English canting ballast, twin foil ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patent US6951180 : CBTF sailing yacht main engine drive system. Applied March 4, 2004 , published October 4, 2005 , Applicant: CBTF Co., Inventors: Charles W. Robinson, William F. Burns III. ‌

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personal data
SURNAME Robinson, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robinson, Charles Wesley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2014
Place of death Santa Fe (New Mexico)