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.