William E. Robinson, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 105-106 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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			WILLIAM E. ROBINSON, M. D.  

	Dr. William E. Robinson, a successful medical practitioner and 
the mayor of Rapid City, his efforts along various lines constituting a 
source of the city's upbuilding and progress, was born in South Bend, 
Indiana, October 28, 1872, a son of John and Mary (Shipley) Robinson, 
the former a native of the state of New York and the latter of Indiana. 
The father is deceased but the mother still makes her home in South 
Bend.  

	In the public schools of his native city William E. Robinson 
pursued his studies until graduated from the high school and then 
entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, where he 
spent one year. He afterward became a student in the Louisville Medical 
College of Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated with the 
class of 1894, winning the M. D. degree. He served during the years 
1893 and 1894 as interne in the Louisville City Hospital and also 
received the M. D. degree from the Kentucky School of Medicine. He 
spent three years in active practice in Louisville and in 1897 came to 
South Dakota, settling at Big Stone, where he remained until 1900 and 
then returned to Louisville, where he did one year's post-graduate 
work. In 1901 he returned to South Dakota, settling at Spearfish, where 
he remained until 1907, when he removed to Rapid City, where a very 
extensive practice has been accorded him. Outside his private practice 
he is surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee &; St. Paul Railroad. He has 
ever kept in close touch with the advanced thought of the profession, 
its latest discoveries and researches and his ability has gained him 
distinction in his chosen professional field. His energies have also 
found considerable scope outside strict professional paths, for he is 
one of the owners and vice president of the Warren Lumber Company and 
owns a valuable ranch near Farmingdale.  

	Dr. Robinson has always been a republican, active in local 
councils of the party and in state affairs. In May, 1914, he was chosen 
mayor of Rapid City and is serving as the city's first mayor under the 
three commissioner plan, being elected for a five years' term. His 
policies are of the most thoroughly progressive type and his 
administration promises to be one of unusual advancement and benefit 
for the city. If he has a hobby in this connection it is good streets 
and roads and he has worked tirelessly to further the improvement of 
both. Probably, however, his most notable achievement has been the 
harmonizing of discordant interests and the development of the "pull 
together" spirit so essential to real municipal progress. 

	On the 14th of September, 1905, Dr. Robinson was united in 
marriage to Miss Creta G. Daggett, a daughter of David and Julia 
(Lepla) Daggett and a representative of one of the pioneer families of 
Spearfish. Her father was the first druggist of that place, where he 
settled in 1885. Dr. and Mrs. Robinson have one son, True William.  

	Fraternally Dr. Robinson is a Mason, an Elk and a Modern Woodman. 
He has served for several terms as county coroner and he is a member of 
the county state and national medical societies. He is widely 
recognized as among the most prominently successful young physicians of 
South Dakota and at the same time his public service has been of the 
utmost value and benefit to the community in which he makes his home 
and in which his fellow citizens entertain for him the highest respect 
and regard.