Tim Robinson is pictured here speaking at the Nobel Conference preview dinner at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Dr. Timothy Robinson, Professor of Psychology at Gustavus Adolphus College, is stepping down as Director of the Nobel Conference at the conclusion of this year’s conference on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Robinson will be replaced by Charles Niederriter, Professor of Physics at the College.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my nine years as Director of this great conference,” Robinson said. “While it is time to pass the torch to Chuck Niederriter, I do hope to remain involved with the Nobel Conference on some level.”
Robinson is a 1965 alumnus of Gustavus who joined the College’s faculty in 1969. He first served in a leadership role for the Nobel Conference in 1975 when he was a committee member for the 11th Nobel Conference titled “Future of Science.” He later served as a committee member for three neuroscience-related Nobel Conferences: “Place of Mind in Nature,” “How We Know,” and “Unlocking the Brain” in 1981, 1984, and 1994 respectively.
In 2000, Robinson became the College’s second Director of the Nobel Conference, assuming the role that its founder, Chaplain Richard Elvee had held since 1965.
“On behalf of the Gustavus community, I thank Tim Robinson for his able and insightful leadership over the past nine years,” said Mary E. Morton, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. “The Nobel Conference is and continues to be a premier educational conference and Tim has played a significant role.”
For more than four decades, Gustavus has organized and hosted the two-day Nobel Conference, which draws about 6,000 people to the college campus in St. Peter, Minn. The conference links a general audience, including high school students and teachers, with the world’s foremost scholars and researchers in discussion centered on contemporary issues relating to the natural and social sciences.
The Nobel Conference is the first ongoing education conference in the United States to have the official authorization of The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
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