Robert Hemenway

Robert Hemenway

Robert Emery Hemenway is the 16th and current chancellor of the University of Kansas (KU). Hemenway arrived at KU in 1995 as the successor to interim chancellor, Del Shankel. Prior to his tenure at KU, Hemenway served as chancellor of the University of Kentucky from 1989-1995 and as the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma from 1986-1989.

In addition to his duties as chancellor, Hemenway has served as Chair of the 18-member NCAA Division I board of directors from 2002 to 2005 and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education. Since 2002, Hemenway has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

Upon his arrival at KU, Hemenway prioritized making KU a Top 25 academic institution in America, which he has continued at an even greater pace in more recent years. In 2007, KU ranked 88th [ cite web | title = USNews.com America's Best Colleges| url = http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1948_brief.php | accessdate = 2007-03-19] according to the US News & World Report ranking of all national universities (public & private). During Hemenway's tenure, KU has ranked as high as 30th (1998) in the US News & World Report ranking of public universities and was ranked 45th in 2005 [cite web | title = KU chalks up lowest ranking yet | url = http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/aug/19/ku_chalks_lowest_rank_yet_report/?ku_news | accessdate = 2007-03-19 ] . KU ranks 3rd among public colleges and universities for the number of Academic All-Americans since 1990. Hemenway has also made research a pillar of KU, especially in medical fields, and, in 2006, made a commitment to cancer research through the designation of the KU Cancer Center [cite web | title = Governor's Budget Recommendations | url = http://www.chancellor.ku.edu/messages/2006/january1906.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-19] .

Education

*Hastings (Neb.) High School (1959)
*University of Nebraska at Omaha (1963), B.A. with Honors, English
*Kent State University (1966) Ph.D., English.

Teaching and scholarship

*Authored "Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography", about the Harlem Renaissance author, which was named one of the New York Times' Best Books of 1978.
*In addition to serving as chancellor, Hemenway teaches English.
*Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wyoming

alary Information

*2008-09: $340,352 (maximum; includes up to $73,175 in KU Endowment funds; $267,177 general funds) [cite web | title = KU Chancellor Hemenway given 2.5 percent pay raise | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/sep/18/hemenway_given_25_percent_pay_hike/ | accessdate =2008-09-18]
*2007-08: $332,051 (maximum; includes private funds; $260,660 general funds) [cite web | title = Hemenway, other regents presidents receive raises | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/oct/18/hemenway_other_regents_presidents_receive_raises/| accessdate =2007-10-18]
*2006-07: $319,280 (maximum; includes private funds; $250,319 general funds) [cite web | title = Hemenway gets 4 percent raise | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/sep/22/hemenway_gets_4_percent_raise/| accessdate =2007-04-13]
*2005-06: $306,152.92 (77% general funds; 23% private funds); Hemenway is the 3rd highest-paid employee at KU. [cite web | title = 2005 Lawrence Journal World Report of State Salaries | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/salaries/| accessdate =2007-03-19]
*2004-05: approx. $282,000 ($231,619 general funds; approx. $50,000 private funds) [cite web | title = 2004 Lawrence Journal World Report | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/jun/25/regents_approve_raises/| accessdate =2007-09-02]
*2003-04: $272,711 [cite web | title = Year in review: A month-by-month look at 2003 in Lawrence - June | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/dec/31/year_in_review/| accessdate =2008-09-18]
*2002-03: $219,420 [cite web | title = Hemenway gets 5.75 percent pay raise | url = http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/aug/11/hemenway_gets_575/| accessdate =2008-09-18]
*2001-02: $207,489 [cite web | title = Chancellor pay raise approved | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/jun/29/chancellor_pay_raise/| accessdate =2008-09-18]
*2000-01: $202,428 [cite web | title = Sound Off | url =http://www2.ljworld.com/qa/sound_off/2000/may/31/sound_off/| accessdate =2008-09-18] [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/1999/jul/09/2/]
*1995-1996: $160,000 [cite web | title = Sound Off | url = http://www2.ljworld.com/qa/sound_off/2004/jul/15/sound_off/ | accessdate = 2008-09-18]

Trivia

*Nicknames: Chancellor Bob (referred to himself as this at 2006 commencement [cite web | title = Remarks by Chancellor Hemenway at 2006 commencement | url =http://www.chancellor.ku.edu/speeches/commencement/speech06.shtml| accessdate =2007-03-19] ); Uncle Bob (sometimes used by students)
*Married Leah Renee Hattemer on December 19, 1981.
*His son, Langston Hemenway, is currently a high school band director at Derby High School in Derby, KS

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