Marshall University Foundation

Rick Robinson
Director of Development
College of Education and Human Services

As the director of development for the College of Education and Human Services, Rick works directly with the dean on priority initiatives, fund raising and stewardship efforts for academic and service areas, promotions and media relations and all program and project development endeavors.

Rick has been a valued faculty and staff member of Marshall University for more than 20 years. He worked as an assistant director in both the human performance and exercise physiology laboratory and most recently as a teaching specialist with Marshall University's Division of Exercise Science, Sports and Recreation (ESSR) formerly Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER).

Robinson, a native of St. Albans, W.V., is a 1980 graduate of St. Albans High School. He earned a B.A. in adult fitness and a Master of Science in physical education/exercise physiology from Marshall. His wife, Rebecca, also is a Marshall graduate and teaches art at South Point (Ohio) High School. They have 18-month old identical twin sons, David and Brian, and live in Huntington.

Robinson's father, Dave Robinson, is a 1955 Marshall College graduate and a member of Marshall's Athletic Hall of Fame. Dave Robinson played basketball for Marshall and Coach Cam Henderson from 1951 to 1955.

College of Education and Human Services