James A. Robinson (American political scientist)

James Arthur Robinson (born 1932) is an American academic who in 1974-87 served as the second president of the University of West Florida (UWF).[1]

Robinson received his doctorate in political science from Northwestern University in 1958. After a stint at Ohio State University, he subsequently became a professor at UWF, where as president, he established the Marion Viccars Award, which recognizes superior performance and accomplishments of faculty and administrators at UWF.[2] In 1979, as president, Robinson restructured the university’s colleges to traditional arts and sciences, business and education, and switched the university to a semester basis in 1981.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "about UWF". Pensacola, Florida: University of West Florida. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004.
  2. ↑ "Marion Viccars Award" (PDF). The Fountain. 40 (10): 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2006.
  3. ↑ "UWF - President's Division - Presidents of UWF July 1964 - 2008<". Pensacola, Florida: University of West Florida. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Robinson, James Arthur (1965). Decision-making in Congress. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. OCLC 51526315.
  5. ↑ Robinson, James Arthur (1973). State legislative innovation. New York: Praeger. OCLC 251944194.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Harold Crosby		 President of University of West Florida
1974 – 1987 		Succeeded by
Morris L. Marx


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