Biographical Note
Elizabeth Jean Robinson nee Shannon was born on February 8, 1922, in Missoula, Montana, to Cyrus Wesley Shannon and Rachel Shannon. She graduated from Missoula County High School, and attended Montana State University for two years, during which she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. During her sophomore year of college, she enlisted in the United States Navy WAVES, and served from January 1943 to September 1945. After training in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she was stationed at Headquarters, Seventh Naval District, Miami, Florida, for the duration of her military service. On September 26, 1944, she married a fellow sailor, Walter W. “Bud” Robinson. She was honorably discharged from the WAVES as a Yeoman First Class on September 21, 1945. Robinson died on June 5, 2001.