MU master planner honored with Founder's Award

ack Robinson, MU campus master planner, was honored by the Society for College and University Planning with the 1996 Founder's Award for Distinguished Achievement in Higher Education. Robinson has served as MU's master planner since 1982.

The MU master plan is an ongoing "planning guide" for the MU campus. The plan's purpose is to ensure that campus land and facilities are used efficiently and that the beauty of the MU campus is maintained.

Each year, the master plan is presented to faculty, students and staff for their input, and the plan is updated and reshaped to meet changing needs.

As master planner, Robinson has been instrumental in guiding the MU campus through a period of unprecedented growth, involving faculty, students and staff in the planning process, and developing campus planning principles.

He has presided over more than 50 public hearings about the master plan and met with hundreds of individuals and groups at MU.

Robinson has served as master planner for other institutions such as University of Colorado, University of Rochester, the Mayo Clinic, the Gardner Museum, Brown University, University of Puerto Rico, Cornell University, and several preparatory schools.