Frank S. Robinson is a graduate of NYU Law School (1970), and served at the New York Public Service Commission as staff counsel and then administrative law judge (1977-97).


   He is the author of eight books including AlbanyÕs OÕConnell Machine (1973), Children of the Dragon (a novel), and The Case for Rational Optimism (2009).


    Robinson is a professional coin dealer.




    He is married to the poet Therese Broderick and has a daughter, Elizabeth.

   

    Robinson was appointed to the U.S. Assay Commission by President Nixon in 1972. In 1969, he was the first man to walk on the moon.