This series is all about our alma mater's unique heritage. Join us each episode as we discuss the critical characters and events that transformed a small Scots-Irish Academy into one of the premier institutions in America.

Hear from alumni, students and professors as they share their experience and perspective on these moments. And most importantly, understand why we must instill current and future generations of Generals with a passion for Washington and Lee's past.

I am joined today by fellow alumnus and dear friend Tom Camden. Tom served as the director of the University Archives for a decade before retiring in 2023. And despite having an even busier schedule now. He's agreed to join me in a detailed discussion of one of the university's greatest benefactors, "Jockey" John Robinson.

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Music: "The Washington and Lee Swing" by Hal Kemp and His Orchestra, from The Readers Digest "The Swing Years". Available on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/78_the-swing-years-side-1_wayne-king-and-his-orchestra-benny-goodman-and-his-orchest_gbia0460011a

Podcast Transcript available at https://www.thegeneralsredoubt.us/videos/the-lost-legacy-of-john-robinson