The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harry G. Robinson, III.

Academic administrator and urban designer Harry G. Robinson III was born in Washington, D.C. January 18, 1942. Earning his B.S. degree in architecture at Howard University in 1966 and his M.S. degree in city planning in 1970, he received his M.S. degree in city planning and urban design from Harvard...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Robinson, Harry G. (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Robinson, Harry G. > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Urban Designer > Academic Administrator.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 49 min., 21 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Harry G. Robinson, III
Harry G. Robinson, III
Format: Electronic Video
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Academic administrator and urban designer Harry G. Robinson III was born in Washington, D.C. January 18, 1942. Earning his B.S. degree in architecture at Howard University in 1966 and his M.S. degree in city planning in 1970, he received his M.S. degree in city planning and urban design from Harvard University in 1972. After serving in Vietnam, he was hired by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency in 1968. Robinson taught architecture and urban planning at Morgan State College from 1972 to 1979. Founding the Robinson Group, an urban design consulting firm in 1976, he was named dean of architecture and planning at Howard University in 1979, and vice president in 1995. He coauthored The Long Walk, a history of Howard University's purpose, campus, architecture, and buildings. Active in a number of domestic and international professional organizations, Robinson was the first African American to be elected president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:49:21
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 November 19.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.