Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Opening the Doors. Last week Robinson advanced to a new base by being elected co-chairman and a director of Manhattan-based Hamilton Life Insurance Co., which has $527 million worth of policies in force throughout the U.S. Friends brought Robinson together with Hamilton's chief, Philip J. Goldberg, who owns 40% of the company's stock. Goldberg offered him quite a deal: Robinson could name four directors for Hamilton's 17-man board-including himself and his brother-in-law, Schenley Vice President Charles T. Williams-and the Robinson group could buy 30,000 of Goldberg...
Already he has opened many doors for Harlem's Freedom National Bank, of which he is chairman (TIME, Jan. 28). Though his title is mostly honorific and the position pays him only $6,000 yearly, Robinson spends three mornings a week at the bank, also attends monthly board meetings. His other major business activity is as general manager, executive vice president and board member of the Brooklyn Football Dodgers in the Continental League. His main chore is to persuade rookies to sign up, and he has had remarkable success among Negroes...
Politics Ahead? One of Robinson's most interesting roles is that of budding Republican politician. Two years ago, he quit his $50,000-a-year vice-presidency of the Chock Full O' Nuts restaurant chain to help Governor Nelson Rockefeller in his bid for the presidential nomination. Today Rockefeller has five private telephone lines in his office-one of which runs to the office of Robinson, who is his special assistant for community relations, on Rocky's personal payroll. Many of his associates believe that not business but politics will be the major future pursuit of Jack...