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'''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.
'''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.
He represented District 28 in the state Senate from 1996 to 2014, when he won a special election caused by the resignation of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Chancellor John Thomas Montford. 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>
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==
==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. 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 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. Marshall Formby was also an unsuccessful Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1962, having lost out to [[John Connally|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 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>