| Mary Robinson  AKA Mary Therese Winifred Bourke
Born: 21-May-1944
Birthplace: Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Ireland
Executive summary: President of Ireland, 1990-97 Father: Aubrey Bourke
Mother: Tessa O'Donnell
Husband: Nicholas Robinson ("Nick", m. 1970, two sons, one daughter)
High School: Mount Anville Secondary School, Dublin
University: MA and LLB, Trinity College Dublin (1967)
Law School: LLM, Harvard Law School (1968)
Professor: Reid Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin (1969-75)
Lecturer: European Community Law, Trinity College Dublin (1975-90)
Administrator: Chancellor, Dublin University (1998-)
UN Commissioner High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President of Ireland (3-Dec-1990 to 12-Dec-1997)
Irish City Council Dublin (1979-83)
Irish Senate (1969-89)
American Philosophical Society 1998
Club of Madrid
International Commission of Jurists (1987-90)
Irish Centre for European Law Founder and Director (1988-90)
Royal Irish Academy 1992
Four Freedoms Medal 1998
Erasmus Prize 1999
Fulbright 1999
Sonning Prize 2002
Presidential Medal of Freedom 12-Aug-2009
Funeral: Nelson Mandela (2013)
Audience with the Pope 1997
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