Interview with Kent E. Robson, Utah Humanities Board, 1975-1981, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 22 April 2024.

Robson studied at Utah State University, University of Utah and at Stanford, where he earned his PhD in philosophy. Robson served in the Army in Germany, and went to Poland for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship. He was a Utah State University philosophy and history professor, establishing a program for students and others to visit Russia. He was asked to join the board of Utah Endowment for the Humanities (1975-1981) in the very early days of the organization. He talks about different individuals he worked with in the organization and programs he was involved in, including the Road's Scholar Program for which he was a speaker. He talks about the goal of the very beginning of UEH to bring the humanities to all areas and communities of Utah. Robson also served on the board for the National Endowment for the Humanities. On both the UEH and NEH boards, Robson worked on ethics.