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Jerry M. Robinson, M.D. 1938 - 2008 |
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Georgia Native, Dr. Robinson received his medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA where he was a member of the ATO fraternity and the AOA - the highest medical society. After finishing his residency at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA, Dr. Robinson joined the Navy and received his Flight Surgeon training in Pensacola, Fl. He then went on to serve as Flight Surgeon aboard the USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War.
In 1965, while still in the Navy, Dr. Robinson received a letter from a friend and colleague by the name of Tom Largen, encouraging him to come to West Volusia. Dr. Robinson was neither impressed nor interested and threw the letter in the trash can. Largen was persistent, and a year later convinced Dr. Robinson to visit Deltona.
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Despite his initial reluctance, Dr. Robinson never regretted his decision to move to Deltona. From the time he arrived and started his practice, he was busy seeing fifteen to twenty patients a day. Over time these numbers grew to more than six thousand, as did the popularity of the young dedicated doctor from Georgia.
John Masiarczyk, former Mayor of Deltona and one of Dr. Robinson's patients, always referred to him as "...a pillar of the community...and one of the foundations of this whole city." Unable to give as much of his time as he would have liked to, Dr. Robinson was always financially generous to the community he loved, and its many causes. An avid golfer, Dr. Robinson regularly sponsored the Deltona Open to benefit Deltona Youth, Inc. and the Deltona Library Fund.
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