"It is the body of previous winners that defines what an award means," explains John Clement, a staffer with Educom, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that promotes educational uses of information technology, and the agency that oversees the award. "The hope is that the award will allow the field of information technology to really take flight."
The Robinson Award was endowed in 1990 by IBM to honor the late Louis G. Robinson, a 32-year veteran of the Armonk, N.Y.-based computer company and its former director of university relations. Throughout his career, Robinson was regarded in both industrial and academic circles as an expert in applying technology to education. A gifted teacher, he was also a well-known commentator, explaining and clarifying computing applications for the general public. In addition to writing chapters about computing for the Encyclopedia Americana, he appeared on numerous television and radio shows. While at IBM, he created ...
