For Jack Robinette, life is too short to linger on a dull moment

Robinette began studying at the University of Idaho that fall, and graduated in 1950.

Jack Robinette has never seemed particularly interested in slowing down; even after his 100th birthday, a century still isn’t long enough to fill.

Robinette was hitting the slopes into his 90s, and skiing down familiar hills at Sun Valley Ski Resort.

He stopped, not because he was unable, but because of a “last perfect run” he said he had with his late wife, Linda Robinette.

Around that time, his woodworking bench was covered in shavings.

It wasn’t until recent years that Robinette hung up his scrubs for good.

Long after retiring he continued assisting at Pullman’s Alpine Animal Hospital, which his wife owned and worked at for nearly 50 years.

Life, for Robinette, is too short to linger on a dull moment.

14, 1926, Robinette recollected spending every summer working on his family’s farm in Carey, Idaho, up until he was 17.

That streak was broken when he enlisted in the Navy a week before his 18th birthday, was shipped up to Farragut for boot camp, down to California and out to the Philippine Islands for service in World War II.

Robinette requested assignment on a battleship because, as he put it, they were much safer than a destroyer with the infamous nickname “tin can” for a considerably thin hull.

The report adds to ongoing university-led research relevant to veterinary medicine, animal health, and clinical decision-making.

university website: Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine