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About the Interim President
 Larry Robinson, Ph.D., currently serves as the interim president and provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Florida A&M University (FAMU). In this capacity, he is responsible for the operations of the University which includes more than 13,000 students and more than 700 faculty.
Dr. Robinson, who served as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs from 2003-2005, served briefly as chief operating officer in 2007, and also served as vice president for Research from 2007-2010. In May 2010, Dr. Robinson took a leave of absence from the University to serve as assistant secretary for Commerce for Conservation and Management at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dr. Robinson supported and managed NOAA's coastal and marine programs, including marine sanctuaries for preserving areas of special national significance, fisheries management to sustain economic prosperity, and nautical charts for safe navigation. He also supported NOAA's participation as a lead agency addressing the BP oil spill crisis and President Obama's Ocean Policy Task Force. He returned to the University as special assistant and professor on November 21, 2011, and coordinated the administrative and eminent scholar searches, the integration of Graduate Studies and Title III programs with the Division of Sponsored Research, and the reorganization of the administrative structure and matters related to the investigation of hazing at FAMU.
Robinson attended LeMoyne-Owen College in 1975, graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. degree in chemistry from Memphis State University in 1979, and earned a Ph.D. degree in nuclear chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1984. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, the National Association of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, and Sigma Xi.
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