[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN HONOR OF WILLIAM T. ``BILL'' ROBINSON

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                             HON. KEN LUCAS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 2003

  Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate William T. 
(``Bill'') Robinson III for receiving the prestigious Themis Award. The 
criteria for this award is ``Extraordinary service by an attorney to 
the Cincinnati Bar Association, the legal profession and/or the general 
community, which displays a high level of commitment, dedication or 
courage.'' Bill Robinson has certainly met this criteria.
  Bill currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee and Member of 
the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the American Bar 
Association (ABA). He has 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 is chairing the ABA Standing Committee 
on Bar Activities and Services and the ABA Standing Committee on 
Substance Abuse. Bill served as 50th President of the Kentucky Bar 
Association, founding Chair of the Kentucky IOLTA Fund, President of 
the Kentucky Bar Foundation, Co-Founder & President of the Salmon P. 
Chase American Inn of Court. Bill is a Fellow of the International 
Society of Barristers, a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate 
Lawyers, a Sustaining Member of the American Bar Foundation, Member of 
the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, and a Sustaining Member of The 
American Law Institute.
  In addition to his significant accomplishments in his chosen 
profession, Bill has a distinguished history of serving our local 
business community. As a co-founder of the Metropolitan Growth Alliance 
of Greater Cincinnati, he played a key role in the creation of the 
``Gallis Report'' which has become a catalyst for a multi-
jurisdictional, regional approach toward a wide range of strategic 
policy, planning and development initiatives throughout our Tri-State 
region. Bill also was a Founding Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer 
of the Tri-County Economic Development Corporation, the Vice Chair for 
Economic Development for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, 
and the Chair of the Partnership for Greater Cincinnati, a multi-
million dollar initiative for economic development in the region; and a 
Founding Board Member of CINCY-TECH USA, the new economy initiative of 
the Greater Cincinnati Chamber. Bill is the Vice Chair of the Board of 
Directors and Chair of the Finance Committee Board of Directors of the 
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport where he has served 
on the Board and helped direct the airport's emergence as one of the 
world's most modern and efficient airports.
  Bill grew up in Cincinnati, was educated at the Anthenaeum of Ohio 
and St. Gregory Seminary, Thomas More College and the College of Law at 
the University of Kentucky. He is an educator and serves on the Board 
of Mount St. Joseph College. He has served on the Board of Thomas More 
College, the Board of the Anthenaeum of Ohio, the Board of Covington 
Latin School and on the Board of the Greater Cincinnati Literacy Task 
Force, the Visiting Committee at the College of Law, University of 
Kentucky, the Visiting Committee at Chase College of Law, Northern 
Kentucky University, Adjunct Professor at Chase, and President of 
Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center where he is currently Chair of 
the Dorothy Wood Foundation.
  Bill has served and continues to serve the legal profession, the 
community, and the Cincinnati Bar Association with the highest level of 
dedication, professionalism, and commitment. Bill can be proud of the 
positive impact that he has had on the quality of life in our regional 
community and I commend him on his many accomplishments.

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