November 25, 2009
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Title: Sir Robert Worcester Distinguished ProfessorshipDate: 04/15/2005
Text: British political commentator and market research pioneer Sir Robert Worcester has committed a gift of $2 million to endow the Sir Robert Worcester Distinguished Professorship in Public Opinion and Survey Research in the Department of Political Science. In addition to a salary stipend, the fund may provide support for professional travel, graduate student researchers, public lectures, equipment, or other materials for the faculty member awarded the professorship.
Sir Robert founded Market and Opinion Research International (MORI), best known for public opinion polling, though it specializes in sociocultural and demographic trends. He is a governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a governor of the University of Kent, and an honorary professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent and in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.
Although he earned a bachelor's degree in business at KU, Sir Robert credits emeritus Political Science professor Francis Heller for inspiration. \"I realized there was more to life than making money\".
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