Preceded by Sir Frank Kitto Succeeded by Pat O'Shane Died September 10, 2010 | Role Pastoralist Name Rob Robertson-Cuninghame | |
Born 31 May 1924 ( 1924-05-31 ) Alma mater University of Sydney
University of Oxford Education University of Sydney, University of Oxford | ||
Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame, (31 May 1924 – 10 September 2010), an Australian pastoralist and academic, was the fourth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving between 1981 and 1993.
Biography
A descendant of Frederick Robert White, the builder of Booloominbah, Robertson-Cuninghame was educated at The Armidale School and the University of Sydney where he studied a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford in 1949.
Robertson-Cuninghame served as patron to the UNE Union, who in 2003 named the central cafeteria Dr Rob's in his honour. Today, the university also offers the Robertson-Cuninghame Honours Scholarship for honours students, which has also been named after the former Chancellor.
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