Rob Robertson-Cuninghame
Pastoralist, Deceased Person
1924 – 2010
Who was Rob Robertson-Cuninghame?
Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame AO, Australian pastoralist and academic, was the fourth Chancellor of the University of New England from 1981 until 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.
Dr 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 of $5,500 for honours students, which has also been named after the former Chancellor.
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- Born
- May 31, 1924
- Also known as
- Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Sydney
- University of Oxford
- Died
- Sep 10, 2010
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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