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AWARDS AND HONORS • Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement Award, Howard University’s highest alumni honor • Alumni Award, Harvard University Graduate School of Design • Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, American Institute of Architects (AIA) • Centennial Medal, Washington, D.C., chapter of the AIA • Soldier for Life Award, U.S. Army • American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows in recognition of his service to the profession HOWARD UNIVERSITY 1979-1995: Professor and Dean, School of Architecture and Planning 1995-2000: Vice President for Academic Affairs and Vice President for University Administration 2000-2025: Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture and Planning
and became the principal of the Robinson Group, an urban design consulting firm. In 1979, Brother Rob- inson was named the dean of architecture and planning at Howard University, a position he held until 1995 when he was named vice president of the university. He had a long career in architectural education, beginning at Morgan State University and the Uni- versity of the District of Columbia, and culminating in many decades at Howard University, where he served as professor of urban design and dean emeritus of the School of Architec- ture and Design. He also served as vice president for academic affairs and vice president for administra- tion at Howard, where he coauthored a history of the university campus, The Long Walk (1996), with current CFA Vice Chair Hazel Edwards. In addition to his academic work, he co-founded TRG Consult- ing, an interdisciplinary design practice, where he worked as consulting executive architect to the American Battle Monu- ments Commission. Brother Robinson was president of two national architectural organizations: the National Council of
“The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is saddened to note the passing of former member Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA. He served on the Commission from 1994 to 2003, serving as vice chair beginning in 1995 and elected its chair in 2002. In his leadership role at the Commission, Robinson was heavily involved in the review of many significant projects, including the World War II Memorial, security improvements and a visitor center for the Washington Monument, the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution.”
Architectural Registration Boards (1992) and the National Architectural Accrediting Board (1996). He had served as director of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund; as a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; chairman of the UNESCO Interna- tional Commission for the Goree Memorial and Museum, Dakar, Senegal; secretary and trustee of the National Building Museum; and trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. From Howard University, Robinson “…led the develop- ment and implementation of the University’s “Univer- City 20/20” master plan
and inspired the series of monuments in The Valley, honoring the founding of “Divine Nine” Greek-let- tered fraternities and sororities at Howard. The book he co-authored with Hazel Ruth Edwards, The Long Walk: The Place- making Legacy of Howard University, mirrored the core tenants of Robinson’s master plan for Howard: veneration for Howard’s interconnected topography and architecture as the campus seamlessly creates the spaces needed for the future with respect for the history already manifested. He was the ultimate exemplar of Howard citizenship, who shepherded the physical campus into the modern day.” Robinson served on the
- U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
board of directors of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which oversaw the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memo- rial. He also chaired the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts as the capstone to service on the commission that lasted nearly a decade and He was a three-term chairman of the District of Columbia Board of Architecture and Interior Design, a founding direc- tor of the Washington Arts Consortium, and a trustee of the National Building Museum and
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