[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E800-E801]
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HONORING WILLIAM T. ``BILL'' ROBINSON III AS HE RECEIVES THE CINCINNATI 
                     BAR ASSOCIATION'S THEMIS AWARD

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 2003

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a friend and constituent, 
William T. ``Bill'' Robinson III, who will receive the Cincinnati Bar 
Association's (CBA) prestigious Themis Award on May 2, 2003.
  The Themis Award, given only three times before in the history of the 
Cincinnati Bar Association, is presented to an individual who

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provides extraordinary service to the Bar Association, the legal 
profession and the general community.
  Bill Robinson has been a dedicated member of the CBA for more than 
thirty years. He served as President of the Kentucky Bar Association; 
founding Chair of the Kentucky IOLTA Fund; President of the Kentucky 
Bar Foundation; and Co-Founder and President of the Salmon P. Chase 
College of Law American Inn of Court.
  At the national level, Bill's service is unparalleled. He is 
currently Chair of the Finance Committee and Member of the Executive 
Committee of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association 
(ABA). He has also served as State Delegate to the ABA Nominating 
Committee; President of the National Caucus of State Bar Associations; 
Member of the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Bar 
Presidents; and Chairman of the ABA's Standing Committee on Bar 
Activities and Services and the ABA's Standing Committee on Substance 
Abuse. He is an invited Fellow of the International Society of 
Barristers; a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; and 
a Sustaining Member of the American Bar Foundation.
  Bill has been critically involved in our region's growth and economic 
development. Currently, he serves as Vice Chair of the Board of 
Directors of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and 
Chair of its Finance Committee. He co-founded the Metropolitan Growth 
Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, and serves as Vice Chair for Economic 
Development for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Chair of 
the Partnership for Greater Cincinnati, and a Founding Board Member and 
Secretary/Treasurer of the Tri-County Economic Development Commission.
  Bill's community involvement also includes service as Board Member, 
Treasurer, Co-Chair and Board Member Emeritus of the National 
Conference of Community and Justice; Advisory Trustee of the National 
Underground Railroad Freedom Center; and board memberships for the 
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts; the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; 
the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts; and Mount St. Joseph College.
  His previous awards are impressive: the Cincinnati Jewish Committee's 
Judge Learned Hand Human Relations Award; the Greater Cincinnati 
Foundation's Jacob E. Davis Volunteer Leadership Award; and the 
Governor's Economic Development Award for Kentucky.
  Bill is Member-In-Charge of the Greater Cincinnati offices of 
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC. He and his wife, Joan, have two sons 
and one granddaughter.
  All of us in Cincinnati thank Bill for his extensive service to our 
area, and congratulate him on receiving the CBA's prestigious Themis 
Award.

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