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2 unusual facts about Jack E. Robinson III


Jack E. Robinson III

In 2009, he ran against Scott Brown in the Republican primaries for the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, but lost to Brown in the primaries.

Robinson has worked in a variety of executive positions in the airline industry with Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines, and became the youngest airline president in modern U.S. aviation history when he served as president of Eastern Express – at the time one of the largest regional airlines in the country.


1956 VFL season

Essendon Third Eighteen footballer and junior champion athlete Ron Clarke, son of 1931 Essendon Best and Fairest Tom Clarke, and brother of Essendon champion Jack Clarke, lit the Olympic Flame in the 1956 Olympics' opening ceremony.

Harry Robinson

Harry G. Robinson III (born 1942), African American architect and professor of architecture

Jack Anderson

Jack E. Anderson (died 1993), creator of oversized statues in the Midwestern United States

Jack Clarke

Jack E. Clarke (1933–2001), former Essendon Football Club player and coach

Jack E. Foley

One of them was so sick of hearing "dummkopf" that he decided kill all of the prisoners with his BAR.

Jack E. Leonard

Leonard narrated the theatrical release The World of Abbott and Costello which was not a documentary, but a compilation film consisting entirely of clips from Abbott and Costello movies.

Playboy's Penthouse

It was first broadcast on October 24, 1959 and ran in syndication for slightly more than one year with a second season starting on September 9, 1961 with Jack E. Leonard, Anita O'Day, Buddy Greco, and George Wein.

Robert Savage

Confidence was so high even a press release was being written up in anticipation of an announcement until then Chairman Jim Robinson inexplicably changed his mind.

Ron Clarke

His brother Jack Clarke and father Tom played Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League with Essendon.

Trade Development Bank

The acquisition of TDB by American Express was part of Jim Robinson's plan, who at the time was the chairman of American Express, to break into the private depositor banking industry.


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