Robert R. Lindgren is an American lawyer and educator, and the 15th president of Randolph-Macon College.

Education

Lindgren graduated

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from the

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in 1976. While he was in college he became a member of the

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fraternity, and was awarded the Significant Sig Award in 2007. He appears on the list of notable alumni for the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Lindgren earned his J.D. degree from the Levin College of Law at UF in 1981 and his master's degree from

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in 1978.

Career

Lindgren became interested in higher education administration after he started working in the office of

President Robert Marston. In 1980, while Lindgren was still in law school, the director of University development, Bill Stone, asked Lindgren to organize a fundraising campaign of $1,500,000 for the building of another Levin School of Law building.

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, the new president of the University, decided to replace Bill Stone with Lindgren as the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations when Bill Stone left. With just four and a half years of experience, Lindgren was given the opportunity to head a prominent fundraising program at a major public university.

References

External links

Official Profile
Lindgren, Robert R. Randolph–Macon College University of Florida alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni {{US-academic-administrator-20C-stub