Atlanta school principal and wife drown while on vacation in Puerto Rico

An Atlanta-area high school principal and his university professor wife drowned while on vacation in Puerto Rico this week.

Jamar and Ann Marie Robinson were swimming in the ocean on Sunday behind their seaside hotel near San Juan when Ann Robinson was dragged by tearing currents, according to a report from Puerto Rico. Jamar Robinson tried to search for his wife and they both went underwater, according to the report.

Onlookers tried unsuccessfully to save the couple, authorities said.

“Our hearts are broken for the family of Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson and for the entire Westlake community,” tweeted Bobby May, football coach at Westlake High Scool, where Robinson was principal. “We will always remember Mr. Robinson as the principal who worked tirelessly, was always upbeat, passionate, never missed a game or event and LOVED his students with a heart second to none.

The couple are leaving behind two boys, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

A post on the school’s website said Robinson “left a legacy of PRIDE that will live on through the faculty members and students he impacted and encouraged at #BeTheChange”.

Robinson had been the principal of the school, located just outside the Atlanta city limits, since 2018. He was recognized as an “Outstanding Citizen of Georgia” in 2014 and has been described by County Schools of Fulton as a “passionate leader whose focus on relationship building and transparency has led to meaningful results for the communities and students he serves.” “

His wife was an assistant professor of political science at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, the newspaper reported. She was working towards her doctorate when she died.

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“She was a loved and admired member of the faculty and her loss is felt personally and professionally by all of us,” Dean Nancy Kropf told the newspaper in an emailed statement.

Ann Robinson was also known as “the encyclopedia” in her doctoral program because of her intelligence and love for learning, the newspaper reported. The couple’s funeral arrangements were pending.

A New York couple also drowned on a honeymoon in the Caribbean last month. Muhammad Malik, 26, corporate lawyer, and his 29-year-old wife Dr Noor Shah, surgeon, were swimming in chest-deep waters at a resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands on October 28 when they been overwhelmed by strong contractions. , reported the New York Post.