Rob Robertson-Cuninghame Explained

Rob Robertson-Cuninghame
Order:	4th
Chancellor of the University of New England
Term Start:	1981
Term End:	1993
Birth Date:	31 May 1924
Predecessor:	Sir Frank Kitto
Successor:	Pat O'Shane
Alma Mater:	University of Sydney

Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame, (31 May 1924 – 10 September 2010^{[1] [2]}), an Australian pastoralist and academic, was the fourth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving between 1981 and 1993.^[3]

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 lived at St Andrew's College and studied for a Bachelor of Science in agriculture, before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford in 1949.^[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• List of University of New England people

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre. Robertson-Cuninghame, Robert, Clarence (1924 -). Unlocking Regiomal Memory. 28 August 2007.
2. Web site: Armidale Express. UNE Chancellor farewells 'giant of a man'. 17 September 2010.
3. Web site: University of New England. Governance. Alumni Relations. 10 March 2008 .
4. Web site: University of Sydney. Sydney Alumni Rhodes Scholars list. Rhodes and Fulbright Scholars. 10 March 2008.
5. Web site: The University of New England. Robertson-Cuninghame Honours Scholarship. 28 August 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070829221151/http://une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/robertson-cuninghame.php. 29 August 2007.