Eastern Military Academy 1968 Yearbook (Cold Spring Hills, NY) - Guest Access

ROLAND REED ROBINSON II B.S., M.A. niversit) of Michigan President, Board of Tru~t et>s and rounder B. June 26. 1899 D. July 21. ] 968 \I r. Rohin~on was born in \1' aterlown. '\.Y. Latpr his famil rno\ed to Peekskill. .'{. whert• he was cducatt'd in the public :.chool~ and graduated from Peekskill lligh :clwol in 1918. \'\;' hile in high :.chool, he was activc in :.port~. ~tarring in ha:.eball and coni in– ued hi:. interest in sport:. through• ul hi. I ifet ime. lie eniNed the nJ- H'r:.i l of ~li h igan in 1918 where IH' was ac– t ivt' in debating and "a:. a member of I he Lnivcr:;ity Glee lub. F ollm~ ing gradual ion in 1922. it became evident that hi:. chosen career was to be in the educa– tional field and he later eanwd his ma . ter' • degree in education at olumbia niver it . fter a short p rind teaching mathematics at the \l assanutten \1il– itar caderny, Wood– . tock. \ a., he joined the stafT at Peekskill lilitar) cademy and headed tlw mal hemal– ics depart nwnt for ] 7 years. Feeling strongly the need for a military , chool for bo • that combined thorough coi– Jeo-e preparation ' it h the right kind of mili- tar) training. h founded the East rn \I ilitar) cademy at hippan Point, tam- ford, Conn.. in 1944. fter four years. in l 948, the academy out– gre' its fa ilitie. there and mo <·d to Long Is– land, and its pres nt campus on the form r Otto Kahn estate. During 1 he 24 year. of its e i. tence here, l\lr. Robin . on, with the help of an able and d d· icated staff. saw Ea t– ern i\lilitar cademy develop into one of the foremo. t military prep schools in the country. IN . Hi in. i. ten e on the highe. t po ible tan- dards in all area of performan e a hieved for Ea. tern continued recognition a a up · rior military in titute' and de ignat ion by the Dept. of th rm a a Juni or R TC unit. lr. Robin . on wa a member of I he lpha Kappa Lambda fraterni– t . the executive board of the ociat ion of Private Militar hool , th Huntington Yacht lub. and a former member of th Peekskill R tary lub and th Hollow Brook untr lub.