Zon Roppe Robinson Papers

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      <p>Zon Roppe Robinson (1912- ) was a Wake Forest alumnus (Class of 1933), student secretary of religious organizations at Wake Forest, and debate team coach. He worked as an English professor at Wake Forest before beginning a doctorate program at Syracuse University. In 1943, he suddenly left Syracuse, told his family he would be serving in the war, and was not seen or heard from again.</p>
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