Robert Lee Mills (November 13, 1916 – January 16, 2006) was an American educator who was the longest-serving president of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. Dr. Mills served for 19 years, from 1959 to 1978, as president of Georgetown College. During his presidency, the Asher Science Center, the Cralle Student Center and most of the south campus were built. He was a native of

Erlanger, Kentucky Erlanger is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2010 United States Census, 2010 census population of 18,368. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati metropolita ...

and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

. He received an honorary degree from William Jewell College. Before his presidency at Georgetown College, Mr. Mills worked for the Kentucky Department of Education, and served as registrar and dean of admissions at the

and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the

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. Mills' undergraduate degree was from the University of Kentucky where he was a member of

Phi Kappa Tau Phi Kappa Tau (), commonly known as Phi Tau (), is a collegiate fraternity located in the United States. The fraternity was founded in 1906. As of November 2022, the fraternity has 161 chartered chapters, 79 active chapters, 6 Associate chapte ...

fraternity.

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* University of Texas at Austin faculty 1916 births 2006 deaths People from Kenton County, Kentucky Presidents of Georgetown College (Kentucky) University of Kentucky alumni 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1910s-stub