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Robert N. Shelton (born 1948) is the president o
Giant Magellan Telescope
(GMTO), an organization behind the development of the 24.5 meter
Giant Magellan Telescope The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based extremely large telescope under construction, as part of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP), . It will consist of seven 8.4 m (27.6 ft) diameter primary segments, that ...
(GMT) which is poised to be the world's largest astronomical telescope when it comes online early in the next decade. Before joining GMTO, Shelton was the president of
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, America's first foundation dedicated solely to funding science. In his earlier days, he also served as the executive director of the Arizona Sports Foundation, the 19th president of the
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...
, and provost and executive vice chancellor of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...
, among many other leadership and academic positions at public research universities. An expert in condensed matter physics, Shelton received his
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from Stanford University and his
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and
Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
from the
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.


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1948 births Living people Presidents of the University of Arizona University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty College football bowl executives Stanford University alumni University of California, San Diego alumni Fellows of the American Physical Society {{US-academic-administrator-1940s-stub