I first met Chuck Robinson in 1980 and got to know him personally as a kind caring man and a shrewd leader in the field of Communications with a vision for Alaska.  He surrounded himself with a team of experts who brought Alaska into the age of satellite communications, providing telephone service and television to most villages in the state.  Alascom became the leader in satellite communications and was called upon to assist our nation in providing secure communications in Panama and the war in Iraq. Chuck treated his employees with respect and care.  I know of one employee who suffered from ALS.  He was on a respirator but at constant risk in the case of an electrical outage.   His medical insurance would not supply a back up power for the respirator.  When Chuck heard about it he personally paid to have a backup delivered the following day.   There are many who have similar tales about a good man who never took center stage.
He made a difference in this world. Rest in peace, friend