Robert Hoxie Rutford (January 26, 1933 – December 1, 2019) was a president emeritus and a former faculty member of the
University of Texas at Dallas. He was the second president of the University of Texas at Dallas (from 1982 until 1994).
He has been noted for his geological research on Antarctica.
Rutford was a member of several
United States Antarctic Program expeditions to Antarctica, and was the leader of the
University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1963–1964. Rutford served as director of the Division of Polar Programs of the
National Science Foundation from 1975 to 1977.
The 14,688 foot/4,477 meter-high
Mount Rutford
Mount Rutford is a sharp peak that rises to and marks the highest point on Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. The peak stands just north of Bugueño Pinnacle and 2.1 mi north of Mount Craddock, with which this na ...
, which is the summit of Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in the Antarctic, was named for him in 2007. The 130 mile-long
Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream () is a major Antarctic ice stream, about long and over wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf. Named by US-ACA ...
, a "mile-thick, fast flowing stream" which drains part of the West Antarctic ice sheet into the sea, had previously been named for him.
Rutford served as the head football coach at
Hamline University in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...
, from 1958 to 1961.
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1933 births
2019 deaths
Hamline Pipers football coaches
Presidents of the University of Texas at Dallas
Chancellors of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln