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Article: From the boardroom to the links: East Lake Golf Course selects AT&T's Ray M. Robinson to run operations.(Special supplement: golf & tennis challenge)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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In May, Ray M. Robinson was named president of Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club, a facility whose rebirth in the early 1990s attests to the power of community, government, and corporate cooperation. In his new position, Robinson is charged with continuing the vigilant coalition building that reclaimed the East Lake neighborhood from violence, poverty, and drugs. Robinson is up to the task, and views East Lake's "golf with a purpose" community renewal program as a model for other troubled neighborhoods to emulate.
Robinson, himself an avid golf fan and a member of several golf clubs, enjoys playing in both his spare time and while he's working. The father of two ...
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