Background
Scott, Robert Allyn was born on April 16, 1939 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of William D. and Annual F. (Waterman) Scott.
Scott, Robert Allyn was born on April 16, 1939 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of William D. and Annual F. (Waterman) Scott.
Bachelor, Bucknell University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Ramapo College, 2000.
Management trainee, Procter & Gamble Company, Philadelphia, 1961-1963;
assistant director admissions, Bucknell U., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1965-1967;
assistant dean College Arts and Sciences, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1967-1969;
associate dean, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1969-1979;
anthropology faculty, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1978-1979;
director academic affairs, Indiana Common for Higher Education, Indianapolis, 1979-1984;
assistant commissioner, Indiana Common for Higher Education, Indianapolis, 1984-1985;
president, Ramapo (New Jersey) College, since 1985. Consultant Station WSKG Public television and Radio, 1977-1979, also to various colleges universities, publications, since 1966. Member curriculum advising committee Indiana Board Education, 1984-1987, Lilly Endowment Think Tank, 1984-1986.
Member of national advisory panel Indiana 21st Century Schooling Project, 1990-1992. United States representative to creation of U. Mobility Asian-Pacific, since 1993. United States representative to meetings of Council EuropeanRectors, since 1991.
Senior advisor to the United States State Department on Higher Education in Unesco European Region, since 1997. United States delegate to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization North America and World Confs. on Higher Education. Senior consultant, chair New Jersey Higher Education Restructuring Team, 1994.
Board directors World Trade Council, Hackensack University Medical Center. Chairman of the Board American Ednl. Products, Inc.
Trustee Bucknell University, 1976-1978, First Unitarian Church, Ithaca, 1970-1973, 78-79, chairman, 1971-1973, Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis, 1980-1985. With United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1965. Fellow American Anthropological Association.
Member American Sociological Association, American Association Higher Education, Council on Liberal Arts and Sciences (chair 1990-1993), American Council on Education Commission On International Education (chair 1991-1993), Long Island Association, Global Kids, Inc., Council Foreign Relations, Regional Plan Association, National Foreign Language Center, Brookings Institution Study Group, Higher Education Colloquium (chairman 1982-1984, 96-98), New Jersey Association of College and Universities (chair 1991-1992), Bucknell University Alumni Association (board directors 1971-1980, president 1976-1978, Outstanding Achievement 1991), Indian Trail Club, Century Association, Sustainable Long Island, Cornell Club, The Economic Club New York, Press Club Long Island (Editorial Writing award 2010), Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Children: Ryan Keith, Kira Elizabeth.