Rob Robertson-Cuninghame
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Rob Robertson-Cuninghame AO |
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| 4th Chancellor of the University of New England |
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In office 1981–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Frank Kitto |
| Succeeded by | Pat O'Shane |
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| Born | 31 May 1924 |
| Died | 10 September 2010 (aged 86) |
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Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame, AO (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.
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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