Arthur Weaver Robinson was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1921. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1942 with a B. A. degree and with a M.D in 1944. Later that same year, Robinson married Betty Jeanne Hess. While at the University of Kansas, Robinson was a member of the Beta Theta Pi and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities.

Robinson completed an internship at the Indiana University Medical Center in 1945. From 1948 to 1952, Robinson was a Fellow in Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and in 1952, he received an M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota. Robinson practiced as a specialist in internal medicine in Kansas City, Missouri from 1952 to 1992.

During his time in Kansas City, Robinson served as a president of the St. Luke’s Hospital medical staff as well as serving on the Boards of St. Luke’s Hospital and the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation. Robinson also worked as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical School. He was a member of several medical societies, including the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Society of Internal Medicine. In 1990, Robinson was honored as a Foundation Fellow at the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, and in 1997, the Arthur W. Robinson Chair in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital was established.

Arthur W. Robinson passed away in May 2015.

[Information taken from https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/arthur-robinson-obituary?pid=174876287.]