Robert Woodbury (1938 - September 12, 2009) was an American politician and university administrator. Woodbury was the Chancellor of the University of Maine system from 1986 to 1993. In

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, Woodbury ran in the Democratic Party's primary for Governor, losing to former Governor Joe Brennan. Woodbury finished in fourth place with 8%. After earning his Ph.D., Woodbury worked as professor at the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...

. Leaving California, Woodbury took an administrative position at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

. He moved to

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in 1979 and took a position with the

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. He helped form the Muskie School of Public Service at the

University of Southern Maine The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a public university with campuses in Gorham and Portland, Maine, United States. It is the southernmost university in the University of Maine System. It was founded as two separate state universities, Go ...

Personal

Woodbury graduated from

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, a boarding school in Massachusetts, in 1956. He married Anne Pelletreau in August 1959 and graduated from

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a year later. He earned his Ph.D. in American studies from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1966. Woodbury was diagnosed with cancer in January 2009 and died on September 12, 2009. His son,

Richard G. Woodbury Richard Glen Woodbury (born October 10, 1961) is an American politician and economist from Maine. Woodbury served as an unenrolled State Senator from Maine's 11th District, representing part of Cumberland County, including the population cente ...

, served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008 and was elected to the

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in 2010.

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* 1938 births 2009 deaths Amherst College alumni Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni California Institute of Technology faculty Chancellors of the University of Maine system Maine Democrats Presidents of the University of Southern Maine Belmont Hill School alumni 20th-century American academics 20th-century Maine politicians {{Maine-politician-stub