september january called father high tech industry georgia american businessman founder scientific atlanta subsidiary robinson employee scientific atlanta remained ceo chairman company retired initially radio subsequently graduate bachelor master degrees physics robinson worked founding scientific atlanta later life founded invested numerous atlanta based science related companies robinson named fellow held patents fields including solar energy devices antenna systems contributions named georgia small businessman year entrepreneur year elected awarded honorary physics half named robinson tower honor early life education robinson born florida jacksonville lewis robinson family moved georgia time robinson opened small machine shop sold industrial products metal tools local industry encouragement father robinson enrolled student study chemical engineering education interrupted service installed recaptured american possessions war robinson returned conflict junior changed major physics started degree program year received master science physics robinson member prestigious secret society robinson radio operator age started radio repair service provide additional income student robinson professors convinced radio repair business work research assistant known engineering experiment station radio friends actually boss boss director working hours robinson built television set lab claim built state georgia robinson went tennessee work nuclear engineering related equipment local hospitals scientific atlanta robinson researchers including robinson professor director contributed total founded october initial goal marketing antenna structures developed radar branch military robinson worked unpaid general manager year relations initially strained unrelated dispute station finances director vice president specifically believed surplus funds realized research contracts returned felt retained foster additional research strict conflict interest policy enacted researchers forced choose entities initial investors kept faculty jobs returned fledgling company contract resulted loss robinson bought original investors paid original robinson left president ceo new company renamed stayed member board directors robinson friend previously involved robinson radio business having graduated degree physics head new company research development years later school promote origins scientific atlanta longtime financial contributor scientific atlanta helped nasa establish ground stations communication mercury apollo projects american orbit earth voice transmitted received radio designed equipment built scientific atlanta 1970s robinson recognized potential combination communications satellites cable television purchased scientific atlanta satellite systems formed basis turner super station broadcast country cable providers hbo scientific atlanta equipment transmit live satellite delivered cable event manila heavyweight boxing championship bout scientific atlanta best known pioneering television cable set boxes equipment worldwide development satellite earth stations robinson remained ceo scientific atlanta years chairman board additional years retired company scientific atlanta grew dramatically earned million revenue approximately million billion yearly revenue scientific atlanta served regional business hundreds companies tracing roots later career robinson founded developed heat pump technology years later merged specialized cooling equipment telecommunications systems later merge companies known robinson retired robinson funded founded focused applications radar guns traffic enforcement cameras world largest manufacturer laser products law enforcement acquired june turn acquired february robinson angel investor particularly fields digital communications funded companies focused cellular digital control channel wireless communications acquired mission currently leading provider cellular water north_america invested million acquired recently robinson investor founder attracted additional funding aims build million plants united_states legacy robinson held positions numerous boards including chairman chairman robinson selected georgia small businessman year entrepreneur year elected scientific atlanta sponsored scholarships robinson children employees march robinson donated create endowed chairs million awarded honorary physics awarded joseph alumni distinguished service award half named robinson tower honor million donation construction robinson continued working technology businesses later career near end life wife children grandchildren great grandchildren lived atlanta wednesday january robinson died apparent heart failure funeral held anne episcopal church atlanta cremated arlington chapel
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