William P. "Bill" Robinson is an American academic administrator and communications scholar who served as the 17th President of

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from 1993 to 2010.

Early life and education

Robinson was born in 1949 in

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. Robinson is a graduate of the

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and Wheaton College, and earned a doctorate from the

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Career

Robinson has also served as chairman of the Spokane Regional

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. He has written two books on leadership, and distributes a monthly newsletter entitled "Of Mind & Heart". Robinson served as President of

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from 1986 to 1993. In 2015, Robinson received the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Leadership Award from the

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