Bayard Audubon and Guthrie Counties Democrat. Born Panora, Iowa, September 29, 1914, son of Albert M. and Ola (Maynard) Robinson. A.B., from Drake University, 1938. Married Mary Louise Moulton of Stuart, Iowa, October 6, 1946. Owner and publisher Bayard, Iowa, News; Bagley, Iowa, Gazette since 1940; owner, publisher Guthrie County Vedette, Panora, Iowa, 1943-1945; owner, publisher, Stuart, Iowa Herald 1945-1946. Recipient four first place awards in Iowa Press contests. Bayard News second in nation in general excellence, 1959. Mayor of Bayard 1953-64. Past president Greater Guthrie County Development Association; member Iowa Development Commission 1958-62. President League of Iowa Municipalities 1959; county chairman National Foundation 1947-60; delegate-at-large national Democratic conventions 1956, 1960 and 1964; vice chairman Governor's Committee to Employ the Handicapped; director Crippled Children's Society; honorary Future Farmers of America; past president of Drake National Alumni Association; Sigma Delta Chi, Lions. County chairman Democratic Party; state chairman advisory committee Small Business Administration; past seventh district chairman of Democratic central committee. Iowa Press Association; National Editorial Association; Who's Who in the Midwest. First term.