Effie Robinson

Effie Robinson (January 7, 1920 – May 23, 2003) was a social worker and public housing director.^[1] She was the first African American graduate from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare.

Effie Robinson
Born	(1920-01-07)January 7, 1920 Healdsburg, California, United States
Died	May 23, 2003(2003-05-23) (aged 83) Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States
Education	San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Occupation(s)	social worker, public housing director

Biography

Effie Robinson was born in Healdsburg, California, January 7, 1920. A 1943 magna cum laude graduate of San Francisco State University, Robinson was the first African American graduate from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare.^[1] She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.^[2]

Art Agnos worked as her assistant when she was appointed, in 1964 by Mayor John F. Shelley to be the San Francisco Housing Authority Director of Human Relations and Tenant Services.^[3]

In 1945 Robinson went to work for the Family Service Agency of San Francisco. Her first job was as a casework supervisor and by 1956, Robinson was appointed Executive Director.^[1]

Robinson died when she was 83 at her time in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco.^[3]

Awards and honors

Robinson was awarded the Daniel Koshland Jr. Award in Social Welfare in 1974 by the National Association of Social Workers.^[4]