Robert L. Duncan
| Robert Lloyd Duncan | |
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| Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System | |
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Assumed office July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Kent Hance |
| Texas State Senator from District 28 | |
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In office 1997 – July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John T. Montford |
| Succeeded by | Charles Perry |
| Texas State Representative from District 84 | |
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In office 1989–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Chisum |
| Succeeded by | Carl Isett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 5, 1953 Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Lynne Stebbins (divorced) |
| Relations |
Marshall Formby (uncle) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Residence | Lubbock, Texas |
| Alma mater | Texas Tech University |
| Profession | Attorney |
(1) Lynne Stebbins (divorced)
Marshall Formby (uncle)
Clint Formby (cousin)
From first marriage:
Robert Lloyd Duncan (born August 5, 1953) is the chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, based in Lubbock, Texas and a Republican former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.
Duncan served in the Texas State Senate from the 28th District, centered about Lubbock, from 1996, when he won a special election, until his resignation in July 2014, when he was named chancellor of the Texas Tech system. He previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from District 84 from his election in 1992 until 1996. On May 19, 2014, the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents named Duncan the sole finalist to succeed former U.S. Representative Kent Hance as the system chancellor.
Duncan is the only son of the five children of Frank L. Duncan, a district conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Vernon, and the former Robena Formby, who married Joe King of San Marcos and later Roaring Springs after the death of Frank Duncan. Robena Duncan King was the sister of Marshall Formby, an attorney and radio station owner from Plainview in Hale County, who served as county judge of Dickens County, as a state senator from Lubbock (then District 30) from 1941 to 1945, and was thereafter an influential member of the Texas Highway Commission. Marshall Formby was also an unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1962, having lost out to John B. Connally, Jr. Duncan was a cousin of the late radio broadcaster Clint Formby of Hereford, Texas.
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