Robert Allyn Scott is an American educator and academic administrator who served as ninth president of

Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York, United States. Adelphi also has centers in Downtown Brooklyn, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County in addition to a virtual, online campus for remote students. As of 2019, it had ...

located in

Garden City, New York Garden City is a village located in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 23,272 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Garden City is primarily located within the Town of Hempstead ...

from 2000–2015.

Biography

Robert Scott was a member of

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...

's class of 1961 with a B.A. in English and received his Ph.D. in Sociology and Organizational Ethnography from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. He started his career as a member of the Bucknell's Admissions staff in 1965. From 1969 to 1979, he worked at

, starting as Assistant Dean and then as Associate Dean and Senior Administrator of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was Assistant Commissioner and Director of Academic Affairs for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education from 1979 to 1985 and was selected as the president of

Ramapo College Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) is a Public university, public liberal arts college in Mahwah, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. As of the fall 2021 semester, there were a total of 5,732 students enro ...

in 1985. He served in that position until he was named the ninth president of

in 2000. He retired from the Adelphi presidency in July, 2015. Scott received numerous awards, including Bucknell's Alumni Association Award for Achievement in a Chosen Profession in 1991. He also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from

of New Jersey.

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