Many thanks to everyone who responded with support to the Al Robinson Portrait Fund. Recently Al's portrait was unveiled and now hangs in Laboratory 415.

Alphonso Robinson, the school’s laboratory coordinator for the past 38 years retired this past June. Al has worked under four Presidents (Anderson, Wachman, Liacouras and Adamany), four Deans (Martin, McEvilla, Van Titus and Doukas), and three acting Deans (Kostenbauder, Gable and Zanowiak).

His initial responsibility was in the chemistry labs where he purchased and inventoried all materials and glassware. That job extended to all faculty labs and also included monitoring exams, setting up student lab demonstrations, locker assignments, and scheduling teaching assistants.

Throughout his years at the Pharmacy School, Al became very involved in the social life of the fraternities and sororities as a full-fledged Brother of Phi Delta Chi and as Coach for the School’s basketball team. Outside of Temple, Alphonso was very active in community activities serving as a mentor for neighborhood youth groups.

He forged strong ties with many of the students, faculty and staff over the years and will leave a large void in the school’s daily life. Al intends to travel to warm destinations to enjoy his leisure. We wish Al a long and pleasant retirement and hope that he comes back to visit the School often.