Robert B. Mautz
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Robert Barbeau Mautz (January 22, 1915 – March 21, 1996) was an American university administrator. Mautz was
chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
of the
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, serving from 1968 to 1975. Mautz was born and raised in
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. He earned a bachelor's degree in law from
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
in 1940. Prior to becoming chancellor, Mautz served as an academic administrator at the
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for eighteen years, rising to become the vice president of academic affairs before he was appointed chancellor of the State University System.Historical Profile
/ref> Mautz was also an Air Force Reserve Major General (Ret) Mautz died in
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on March 21, 1996; he was 81 years old.


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1915 births 1996 deaths Chancellors of the State University System of Florida University of Florida faculty Yale University alumni 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1910s-stub