September 24, 2001
University Park, Pa. – Janet Robinson, president, The New York Times, will deliver the Penn State Forum lecture at noon on Friday, Oct. 5, at the Penn Stater. The topic of her presentation is “The State of the Times.”

Robinson was named senior vice president, newspaper operations for The New York Times Company last year, and is responsible for leading the operations of all the company's newspaper properties. She retains her position as president and general manager of The New York Times newspaper, which she has held since 1996. Previously, she was senior vice president of advertising, and was responsible for the overall advertising sales at the newspaper.

Prior to joining the newspaper, Robinson held a number of positions at The New York Times Company, including group senior vice president for the advertising sales and marketing unit of the Times Company Women's Magazine Group, advertising director of Tennis magazine, and national resort and travel manager of Golf Digest/Tennis.

Before joining the Times Company, Robinson was a public school teacher and reading specialist for 11 years. She also served as an education consultant for the Department of Education in Massachusetts.

Robinson received a bachelor’s degree from Salve Regina College in 1972, and was presented with an honorary doctorate of business administration from the college in 1998. In 1996, she completed the Executive Education Program at Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.

The Penn State Forum is a lunchtime speaker series offered by the Faculty Staff Club and is sponsored in part by the Penn State Bookstore. It is open to the public. Tickets are $10 for members and $12 for non-members and include lunch. Reservations can be made by mail or by stopping by the Faculty Staff Club office at 103 HUB-Robeson Center. Tickets will be on sale at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the speech and a question-and-answer session at noon. For more information call (814) 865-7590.

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Contact:  Amy Neil, Department of Public Information, at (814) 865-7517 or e-mail aen4@psu.edu.