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Aug. 21, 1913, in Bell County, Ky., the eighth of ten children. His parents William and Alice Lephew Robbins died when he was a boy, at which time he went to live with his oldest sister Elsie and her husband Charles Sulfredge in Corbin, Ky., which he always referred to as home.
Mr. Robbins was a member of the United States Military Academy’s class of 1937, until he was medically discharged in 1936. At West Point Mr. Robbins excelled in academics, particularly math and engineering. He was an accomplished equestrian, fencer, swimmer, and member of the West Point choir.
After West Point he completed his education at the University of Kentucky, majoring in civil engineering with a minor in history and English. While at UK he was a member of Triangle Engineering Fraternity.
After college Mr. Robbins worked for the Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky state highway departments. He came to Hampton in 1940, to work at Langleys NACA as a civil engineer. Early in his career there he helped Dr. Reed, Director of Langley, to procure 1500 acres of land for NACA which was to become NASA. As a Certified Professional Engineer and Architect in the state of Virginia civil engineer Mr. Robbins’s projects included project engineer for the NASA hanger and the Wallops Island, Md., and Coquina Beach, N.C., tracking
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