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{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| honorific-prefix =
| name=Robert Lloyd Duncan
| office=Chancellor of [[Texas Tech University]]
| term_start=July 2014
| term_end=August 31, 2018
| preceded=Kent Hance
| office2=Texas State Senator for District 28
| term_start2=1997
| term_end2=July 2014
| preceded2=John Thomas Montford
| succeeded2=Charles Lee Perry
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 84
| term_start3=1989
| term_end3=1993
| preceded3=Warren Darrel Chisum
| succeeded3=Carl Hawkins Isett
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=August 5, 1953
| birth_place=Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| spouse = (1) Lynne Stebbins (divorced)<br>
(2) Terri Patterson Duncan
| children=From first marriage:<br>
Lindsey and Matthew Duncan
| parents=Frank L. and Robena Formby Duncan
| relations=Marshall Formby (uncle)<br>
Clint Formby (cousin)
Margaret Clark Formby (cousin's wife)
| residence=[[Lubbock]], Texas
| alma_mater=Texas Tech University
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| religion =
| website =
}}
'''Robert Lloyd Duncan''' (born August 5, 1953) is the departing chancellor of the [[Texas Tech University]] System, based in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.
He represented District 28 in the state Senate from 1996, when he won a special election caused by the resignation of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] John T. Montford, until 2014. Prior to his state Senate tenure, he represented District 84 in the Texas House from 1992 to 1996.
On May 19, 2014, the Texas Tech regents named Duncan the sole finalist to succeed former [[U.S. Representative]] Kent Hance as the system chancellor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-05-19/duncan-named-sole-finalist-texas-tech-chancellor | title=Duncan named sole finalist for Texas Tech chancellor | publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' |author=Blake Ursch|date=May 19, 2014| accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref>
==Biography==
Duncan is the only son of the five children of Frank L. Duncan, a district conservationist for the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]] in Vernon, Texas, and the former Robena Formby, who married Joe King of San Marcos and later Roaring Springs after the death of Frank Duncan. Robena Duncan King was the sister of Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr. (1911-1984), an [[attorney]] and [[radio]] station owner from Plainview in Hale County fifty miles north of Lubbock. Formby was also the county judge of Dickens Count and a state senator from Lubbock (then District 30) from 1941 to 1945, and was thereafter an influential member of the Texas Highway Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 2, 2009}}</ref> Marshall Formby was also an unsuccessful Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1962, having lost out to [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Duncan was a cousin of the late radio broadcaster Clint Formby of Hereford, also in West Texas.
Duncan holds bachelor's and law degrees from Texas Tech University.<ref name="cdmlaw.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cdmlaw.com/profiles/1656616|title=Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, L.L.P., ''Robert L. Duncan'|accessdate=September 21, 2009}}</ref> He practices law and is a partner at the Lubbock firm of Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, L.L.P. Duncan is married to the former Terri Patterson. He has two children from his first marriage to the former Lynne Stebbins, Lindsey and Matthew Duncan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5497/robert-duncan#.Uk4ZvRUo45s|title=Senator Robert Duncan's Biography|publisher=Votesmart.org|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref>
Duncan is considered a [[Moderate Republican]]. Along with colleagues Bob Deuell of Greenville, John Carona of [[Dallas]], Kevin Eltife of Tyler, and Kel Seliger of [[Amarillo]], he was named in 2013 among the most [[liberal]] members of the then nineteen Senate Republicans, according to an analysis by Mark P. Jones of [[Rice University]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Jones also found that these Republicans saw passage of 90 percent of the bills for which they had voted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/enriquerangel/2014-02-24/why-state-sen-kel-seliger-has-republican-primary#.Uxt638uPIfh|author=Enrique Rangel|title=Why state Sen. Kel Seliger has a Republican primary challenger|date=February 24, 2014|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref> In the 2014 primaries, Carona was narrowly defeated, and Deuell narrowly lost a runoff contest with fellow Republican and the more [[conservative]] Bob Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar04_169_state.htm?x=0&y=218&id=176|title=Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014|publisher=enr.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}</ref>
After four years as the fourth chancellor of the Texas Tech System, Duncan suddenly announced his retirement on August 13, 2018, effective August 31. In his four years at the helm, Duncan raised more than $585 million in philanthropic funds. The system endowment has grown to a total value of $1.3 billion. Records were established in degrees awarded, student enrollment, and expenditures on faculty research. In his retirement announcement, Duncan said serving the system has been the highlight of his career in public service. “As we approach the start of a new school year, I look back with pride on the tremendous strides we have made in recent years. But I have also reflected on my life, my decades of public service, and realize that, at 65, it’s time to retire, move on, and begin to tackle new challenges," Duncan said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180813/chancellor-duncan-retiring-from-texas-tech-system|title=Chancellor Duncan retiring from Texas Tech System|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=August 13, 2018|author=Sarah Self-Walbrick|accessdate=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
Reports by the ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' contend that the regents in a 5-4 vote expressed "No confidence" in Duncan continuing as the chancellor. Speculation persists that his unfavorable evaluation came from fallout over his plan to build a second state [[Veterinarian|veterinary]] medical school in Amarillo. The existing veterinary school is at [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station, which opposes building a second such facility. Republican Governor [[Greg Abbott]] denied rumors that he was behind the regents' decision to give Duncan a "No confidence" vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180815/abbott-denies-rumors-of-involvement-in-texas-tech-chancellor-duncans-retirement|title=Abbott denies rumors of involvement in Texas Tech Chancellor Duncan's retirement|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=August 15, 2018|author=Matt Dotray|accessdate=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Robert}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| honorific-prefix =
| name=Robert Lloyd Duncan
| office=Chancellor of [[Texas Tech University]]
| term_start=July 2014
| term_end=August 31, 2018
| preceded=Kent Hance
| office2=Texas State Senator for District 28
| term_start2=1997
| term_end2=July 2014
| preceded2=John Thomas Montford
| succeeded2=Charles Lee Perry
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 84
| term_start3=1989
| term_end3=1993
| preceded3=Warren Darrel Chisum
| succeeded3=Carl Hawkins Isett
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=August 5, 1953
| birth_place=Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| spouse = (1) Lynne Stebbins (divorced)<br>
(2) Terri Patterson Duncan
| children=From first marriage:<br>
Lindsey and Matthew Duncan
| parents=Frank L. and Robena Formby Duncan
| relations=Marshall Formby (uncle)<br>
Clint Formby (cousin)
Margaret Clark Formby (cousin's wife)
| residence=[[Lubbock]], Texas
| alma_mater=Texas Tech University
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| religion =
| website =
}}
'''Robert Lloyd Duncan''' (born August 5, 1953) is the departing chancellor of the [[Texas Tech University]] System, based in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.
He represented District 28 in the state Senate from 1996, when he won a special election caused by the resignation of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] John T. Montford, until 2014. Prior to his state Senate tenure, he represented District 84 in the Texas House from 1992 to 1996.
On May 19, 2014, the Texas Tech regents named Duncan the sole finalist to succeed former [[U.S. Representative]] Kent Hance as the system chancellor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-05-19/duncan-named-sole-finalist-texas-tech-chancellor | title=Duncan named sole finalist for Texas Tech chancellor | publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' |author=Blake Ursch|date=May 19, 2014| accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref>
==Biography==
Duncan is the only son of the five children of Frank L. Duncan, a district conservationist for the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]] in Vernon, Texas, and the former Robena Formby, who married Joe King of San Marcos and later Roaring Springs after the death of Frank Duncan. Robena Duncan King was the sister of Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr. (1911-1984), an [[attorney]] and [[radio]] station owner from Plainview in Hale County fifty miles north of Lubbock. Formby was also the county judge of Dickens Count and a state senator from Lubbock (then District 30) from 1941 to 1945, and was thereafter an influential member of the Texas Highway Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 2, 2009}}</ref> Marshall Formby was also an unsuccessful Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1962, having lost out to [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Duncan was a cousin of the late radio broadcaster Clint Formby of Hereford, also in West Texas.
Duncan holds bachelor's and law degrees from Texas Tech University.<ref name="cdmlaw.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cdmlaw.com/profiles/1656616|title=Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, L.L.P., ''Robert L. Duncan'|accessdate=September 21, 2009}}</ref> He practices law and is a partner at the Lubbock firm of Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, L.L.P. Duncan is married to the former Terri Patterson. He has two children from his first marriage to the former Lynne Stebbins, Lindsey and Matthew Duncan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5497/robert-duncan#.Uk4ZvRUo45s|title=Senator Robert Duncan's Biography|publisher=Votesmart.org|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref>
Duncan is considered a [[Moderate Republican]]. Along with colleagues Bob Deuell of Greenville, John Carona of [[Dallas]], Kevin Eltife of Tyler, and Kel Seliger of [[Amarillo]], he was named in 2013 among the most [[liberal]] members of the then nineteen Senate Republicans, according to an analysis by Mark P. Jones of [[Rice University]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Jones also found that these Republicans saw passage of 90 percent of the bills for which they had voted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/enriquerangel/2014-02-24/why-state-sen-kel-seliger-has-republican-primary#.Uxt638uPIfh|author=Enrique Rangel|title=Why state Sen. Kel Seliger has a Republican primary challenger|date=February 24, 2014|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=March 8, 2014}}</ref> In the 2014 primaries, Carona was narrowly defeated, and Deuell narrowly lost a runoff contest with fellow Republican and the more [[conservative]] Bob Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar04_169_state.htm?x=0&y=218&id=176|title=Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014|publisher=enr.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}</ref>
After four years as the fourth chancellor of the Texas Tech System, Duncan suddenly announced his retirement on August 13, 2018, effective August 31. In his four years at the helm, Duncan raised more than $585 million in philanthropic funds. The system endowment has grown to a total value of $1.3 billion. Records were established in degrees awarded, student enrollment, and expenditures on faculty research. In his retirement announcement, Duncan said serving the system has been the highlight of his career in public service. “As we approach the start of a new school year, I look back with pride on the tremendous strides we have made in recent years. But I have also reflected on my life, my decades of public service, and realize that, at 65, it’s time to retire, move on, and begin to tackle new challenges," Duncan said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180813/chancellor-duncan-retiring-from-texas-tech-system|title=Chancellor Duncan retiring from Texas Tech System|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=August 13, 2018|author=Sarah Self-Walbrick|accessdate=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
Reports by the ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' contend that the regents in a 5-4 vote expressed "No confidence" in Duncan continuing as the chancellor. Speculation persists that his unfavorable evaluation came from fallout over his plan to build a second state [[Veterinarian|veterinary]] medical school in Amarillo. The existing veterinary school is at [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station, which opposes building a second such facility. Republican Governor [[Greg Abbott]] denied rumors that he was behind the regents' decision to give Duncan a "No confidence" vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180815/abbott-denies-rumors-of-involvement-in-texas-tech-chancellor-duncans-retirement|title=Abbott denies rumors of involvement in Texas Tech Chancellor Duncan's retirement|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=August 15, 2018|author=Matt Dotray|accessdate=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Robert}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Republicans]]