THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 2, 1977 25
Donald M. Robinson Named New Director
of American Joint Distribution Committee
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NEW YORK — Donald M.
Robinson and his wife Syl-
via were in Vienna 18 years
ago during a UJA Mission to
Europe and Israel. "We
were at the railroad sta-
tion," he recalled. "And we
saw Jews just being re-
leased from Poland. Sud-
denly a little old lady
grabbed my wife's hand and
started kissing it—Thanking
us 'for all you have done,
for coming, for not forgett-
ing, for caring. . At that
moment, I knew_ I had to
become involved in the ef-
forts to save Jewish lives."
On Wednesday, Donald M.
Robinson, a private investor
and director-consultant for
Revco, Inc.. will be in-
stalled as the new president
of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, an organization ded-
icated to the relief, rescue,
reconstruction and rehabili-
tation of Jews and Jewish
life in Israel, Europe and
throughout the world.
Robinson has chaired the
JDC budget committee
since 1973. As in the life of
all Jewish communal lead-
ers, 1973 and the Yom Kip-
pur War - were a year of
trauma. Don Robinson was
president of the United Jew-
ish Federation of Greater
Pittsburgh when the war
broke out. That evening he
called a meeting for the
following Sunday morning
to "mobilize our forces. -
the Robinsons are both
committed communal lead-
ers and very supportive of
each other. The current
president of the UJA Wom-
en's Division, Mrs. Robin-
son accompanies her hus-
band on JDC meetings all
over the world.
It was at a meeting four
years ago in Geneva that
she learned of disabled Is-
raeli war veterans visiting
individual Jewish homes in
London for two weeks as a
member of the family.
Through her own initiative
and efforts she brought a
dozen Israeli veterans with
. a minimum 50 percent dis-
ability to -Pittsburgh homes
in a program in cooperation
with the UJF.
Under Mrs. Robinson's
guidance, the Disabled Is-
raeli Veterans Program,
now in its third year, has
been introduced to other
cities throughout the coun-
try.
Robinson joined the Navy
when he was 17 years old.
"I had just graduated from
high school — it was 1943 --
and I knew what anti-Semi-
tism meant. I remember
hearing Father Coughiin's
broadcasts — and feeling
that I was different, one of a
special minority. -
The Navy recognized Rob-
inson's abilities, sent him
through college at the Uni-
versity of South Carolina,
where he graduated and re-
ceived his commission when
he was 19 years old. From
there he was sent to the
Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration.
The young naval man be-
came a supply officer as-
signed to a troop transport;
he made five trips to Eu-
rope. In 1946 at the age of 20
he was discharged.
Don Robinson started in
business with his father and
brother, selling health and
beauty aids. In the early
1960s, they began the first
White Cross Drug Store. By
1965 with 50 stores the com-
pany went public; it was a
revolutionary new idea in
discounting drugs, pre-
scriptions and health and
beauty aids.
White Cross Stores merg-
ed with Revco Drug Stores
in 1972; today Robinson is a
director-consultant with
Revco. In addition to Revco,
he has many other business-
es interests, including real
estate development.
In 1974 Donald Robinson
* * *
Weiler Leaves
Strong Legacy
BY BORIS SMOLAR
(Editor-in-chief Emeritus: JTA)
(Copyright 1977. JTA, Inc.)
Donald Robinson takes
over the mantle of JDC
presidency from Jack D.
Weiler, who enjoys an en-
viable record as a Jewish
communal leader and phi-
lanthropist and whose three-
year term as president ex-
pires at the JDC annual
meeting, Wednesday, at
which he will be honored.
Weiler has brought in var-
ious innovations in the JDC
during his term of office.
One of his greatest achieve-
ments is his initiating and
carrying out of a study in
depth of the JDC system
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munity auspices as quickly
as is consistent with respon-
sible functioning."
Robinson expresses "hope
for peace in the Middle East
which would have far reach-
ing benefits to world Jewry.
But, in a world of turbu-
lences which endlessly seem
to engulf Jewish life, JDC's ,
mission — unfortunately —
is far from complete : the
relief, reconstruction, and
even rescue of Jewish life."
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DONALD ROBINSON
won the UJF Emanuel
Spector Award for "vision,
leadership and devotion to
causes which serve the en-
tire greater Pittsburgh com-
munity." He continues to be
active in his hometown Fed-
eration which he credits
with preparing him for his
role in national Jewish lead-
ership.
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and operations. This is the
first self-study of any na-
tional Jewish organization
in the U.S. A similar self-
study is now being con-
ducted by the Council of
Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds.
The self-study will have
an impact on the JDC work
at least as far as the end of
this century. The study was
conducted by a group of
most prestigious and recog-
nized professional leaders in
the Jewish social welfare
field under the direction of
Henry L. Zucker; the top
professional leader in Jew-
ish social work in this coun-
try.
The self-study—some of
its recommendations have
already resulted in con-
structive changes in the
JDC system—will remain a
milestone in JDC history.
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