2022-09-01 Gregory Robinson - NASA Retirement PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2022-09-01
HONORING GREGORY ROBINSON'S RETIREMENT AS THE
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
VIRGINIA: At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Business Meeting on Tuesday,
September 20, 2022, in the Board Meeting Room, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, Gregory L. Robinson("Robinson") is a County native and graduated from Dan River High
School in 1978; and
WHEREAS, Robinson was the ninth(9th) of eleven(11) children born to a family of sharecroppers, and
he was the only sibling to pursue a STEM-related field; and
WHEREAS, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in math from Virginia Union University and a Bachelor's
Degree in electrical engineering from Howard University; and
WHEREAS, Robinson has been working for NASA since 1989 and became the Director of the James
Webb Space Telescope Program in 2018; and
WHEREAS, after more than thirty (30) years of service at NASA, Robinson retired on July 29, 2022;
and
WHEREAS, during his thirty-three (33) years at NASA, Robinson held several Senior Executive
positions, including Deputy Director at the Agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from February
2013 to February 2015, where he helped lead a major reorganization of the Center to improve project
performance, while continuing world class research and technology development; and
WHEREAS, Robinson is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the NASA Presidential Rank
Distinguished Executive, the NASA Meritorious Senior Professionals and Executives Award, and the 2022
"Management Excellence" Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.; He was also named
to the TIME 100's Most Influential People of 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby express their deepest
congratulations to Robinson on his retirement and wish him the best in hi future endeavors.
`�^ _r• ` Timothy W. Chesher(Dan River District)
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Pittsylvania County Boar of Supervisors