Joe Robison Receives Order of the Golden Arrow Award at Mississippi College
A faithful supporter of Mississippi College with a servant’s heart, Joe Robison, Jr. is the co-recipient of the university’s Order of the Golden Arrow Award.
A 1966 MC alumnus and retired business executive, Robison will be honored at the university’s Homecoming awards dinner on the Clinton campus October 14.
Selected by the National Alumni Association, the award spotlights alumni or friends of the Baptist-affiliated institution for their personal or professional achievements. They’re successful people who showed extraordinary leadership along the way.
A 72-year-old Hattiesburg resident, Robison served for decades as president and CEO of the Robison Tire Company. His father, Joe Dent Robison, founded the company in Laurel in 1945. The son began working there in the early 1970s after three years with the Louisville, Mississippi public schools. The younger Robison retired from the tire company in June 2008.
When it comes to supporting the Blue & Gold, the Anniston, Alabama native goes the extra mile for his alma mater.
Joe Robison first began serving on MC’s Foundation Board in 2005.
MC Athletic Director Mike Jones applauds his splendid service to the institution.
“Joe Robison has been a major supporter of MC athletics and the School of Business,” Jones said. “Joe cares deeply for students and MC programs. We are appreciative of all that Joe has done for Mississippi College through his contributions of service on our foundation board.”
Joe Robison and Mike Jones are longtime friends. But their friendship seems to grow when the NCAA’s March Madness tournament rolls around.
Over the years, Joe and Mike traveled to more than 30 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball championships. Host cities have included Detroit, San Antonio, Atlanta, Seattle, New York, and Indianapolis. The 2017 championships will be hosted by the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. A keen observer of action on the hardwood, Jones was an outstanding MC Choctaws basketball coach.
In the arena of public service, Robison really shines.
A retired MC business professor, Lloyd Roberts calls Robison a key member of the Foundation Board. The 12-member board meets quarterly to oversee university investments, help with fund-raising projects and much more.
“He participates at a high level, and he contributes willingly of his time and resources,” says Roberts, the panel’s treasurer. “The MC Foundation would have been less successful without Joe Robison.”
School of Business Dean Marcelo Eduardo salutes the work of the Forrest County resident.
Robison, he said, “has been instrumental in helping attract top business students to the MC School of Business through the Robison Family Scholarship.”
“We are grateful for his commitment to the business school and for his desire to help build a generation of business professionals who are committed to ethical, servant leadership,” Eduardo added.
But giving back is just something that Joe Robison feels is something God wants him and other Christians to do. People who are blessed in their careers should make charitable giving a priority, he says.
In addition to Mississippi College duties, Robison is active with organizations such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Jones Junior College Foundation Board, St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Nations of Coaches, and Mississippi State University.
Family is also very important to Robison. He and his wife, Alice, have been married 50 years. They have three daughters and several grandkids.
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