Calling reading a ‘civil right,’ Richard Robinson joined Scholastic in 1964 and led the company for almost 50 years.
Scholastic president and CEO Richard Robinson speaks at a 2012 conference produced by Publishing Perspectives in cooperation with Frankfurt Academy. Image: Publishing Perspectives
Scholastic’s Board: ‘A True Visionary’
Sad news on Sunday (June 6), as Scholastic has announced the death on Saturday (June 5) of Richard Robinson. He was 84.
In its media messaging, the publishing house says that Robinson’s death was unexpected and that he had been “had been in excellent health and had been overseeing Scholastic’s long-term strategic direction and day-to-day operations for the better part of five decades.”