Name Albert Robin | ||
Albert A. Robin was an American construction entrepreneur and philanthropist in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was born in 1912 in Chicago and he died in 2007 in Palm Springs, California.
Robin grew up in Chicago and graduated from Roosevelt High School. He initially entered the shoe business with his father who developed the trade in his native Russia.
He operated a construction company whose first contract at its beginnings in the mid-1930s for $125 for a fence job. The firm progressed to handle fire repairs and remodeling jobs during the 1940s. It then went on to build apartment buildings, shopping centers and department stores. Noted structures include Imperial Towers. His business is continued by his son, Richard.
Philanthropy
He donated to artistic and educational institutions in Chicago. His name is attached to the Schaumburg campus of Roosevelt University and to galleries in the modern art section of the Art Institute of Chicago. For several years he sat on the board of trustees of Roosevelt University. He also initiated a $1.1 million scholarship fund in 1983.