{"id":1058,"date":"2025-09-02T22:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:21:27","slug":"eddie-robinson-co-owner-of-denvers-robinson-dairy-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/eddie-robinson-co-owner-of-denvers-robinson-dairy-dies-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Robinson, co-owner of Denver\u2019s Robinson Dairy, dies at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"

For decades, Edward A. \u201cEddie\u201d Robinson\u00a0 and his brother maintained and expanded a dairy business their great-grandfather started in the Denver area in 1885 while also growing their reputations for business leadership and community involvement. Robinson, called \u201cirreplaceable\u201d by one colleague and friend, died Sunday at the age of 93.<\/p>\n

Robinson went into the family dairy business and ran Robinson Dairy<\/a> with his brother, Dick, until selling the Denver-based company in 1999 to Suiza Foods in Dallas. The company merged with Dean Foods, which folded the business into its Meadow Gold Dairy brand. Dean closed the Denver facility in 2016 to consolidate operations.<\/p>\n

Robinson Dairy, northwest of the Sixth Avenue-Interstate 25 junction, was a well-known sight on the Denver landscape. And the Robinson brothers were well-known in the Colorado business and civic worlds. Robinson served on 33 boards and commissions. Robinson and Dick, who is 96, were inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame and were named the 2009 Citizens of the West<\/a> by the National Western Stock Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and Dick were named Citizens of the West because they really represented in many respects the Western culture, the Western way of life,\u201d said Pat Grant, former National Western CEO and president and current board chairman emeritus.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobinson Dairy was an institution that had significant influence not only in Colorado, but throughout the West through their leadership,\u201d Grant said. \u201cAnd Eddie was not only a great guy, he was friendly, kind and open with everybody. He was particularly generous charitably.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Robinson brothers Eddie, left, and Dick outside the family dairy offices in Denver on Dec. 18, 2008. (Photo by John Leyba\/The Denver Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robinson was also generous with his time, said Dr. Michael Salem, president and CEO of National Jewish Health.<\/a> He was a 50-year board member, served as chairman from 1986 to 1989 and was elected as a lifetime board director in 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always participating, whether it be the finance committee, strategy committee, the development board, the executive committee. Eddie was always there and his family was involved,\u201d Salem said.<\/p>\n

Robinson was a personal friend of his for 20 years, Salem added.<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie was always an upbeat guy with a wry sense of humor. He would want to sit down and have a schmooze, talk about things beyond how the hospital was doing,\u201d Salem said. \u201cHe had a generous spirit and I think he\u2019ll be irreplaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson was born in Denver in 1932 and was a fourth-generation Denver native. His great-grandfather, Louis Robinson, emigrated from Eastern Europe and started the family business in Lakewood in 1885.<\/p>\n