Dr Joyce Robinson Has Died

[Mosiah]

Dr Joyce Robinson Has Died


Published: Monday May 13, 2013 | 6:10 am0 Comments

Dr Joyce Robinson - File
Outstanding Jamaican public servant Dr Joyce Robinson has died.

Robinson died yesterday at the University Hospital of the West Indies at the age of 87.

She had been ailing for some time.

Robinson served in numerous capacities in public life including head of the Jamaica Library Service, the HEART Trust/NTA, and JAMAL (now the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning).

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Robinson who was born in St. James on July 2, 1925 also served as the general manager of the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation in the early 1980s.

She is survived by her two children Dr Ann Bridgewater, a medical practitioner and Anthony Robinson, a computer specialist.

Meanwhile, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) says it is saddened by the passing of Robinson.

The JTA says Robinson was an outstanding public servant and was among a group of Jamaican women who gave service to country above self.

[Willi]

So sad to see the stalwarts of old checking out.

We are the poorer for it.

[Assasin]

Rip Dr. Joyce. Love you to the bone Dr. Joyce, your are a true and progressive Jamaican.

[Karl]

True leader!
For all of us the time to check out is sure...but it is always a teary-eyed occasion. Walk good, Dr. Robinson.

[Islandman]

Outstanding legacy by on of Jamaica's great public servants.

[MdmeX]

RIP. Didn't even know she was still around.

[Historian]

I fully agree with you

So sad to see the stalwarts of old checking out.

We are the poorer for it.

Yep, you are correct in that we are indeed “the poorer for it”! The true nation builders are departing this life one by one, and sadly their young replacements have not yet made themselves obvious.

But within the last decade we have lost true stalwarts like Louise Bennett-Coverly, Trevor Rhone, Rex Nettleford, Byron Lee, Sonny Bradshaw, Dr. Aggrey Brown, Olive Lewin, and quite a number of others.

[Willi]

Even more...many unsung stalwarts I knew well. The pillar of society that were never accoladed. Many the parents and relatives of people here.

[Don1]

Even more...many unsung stalwarts I knew well. The pillar of society that were never accoladed. Many the parents and relatives of people here.

So true.. so many have passed. Gives one more drive to contribute to building something positive amidst all the JA negativity...

As far as Joyce Robinson is concerned I know her children...both good friends of my sister and Michael was a bigga schoolmate

RIP Great Lady