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Robert A. Weygand
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Weygand is Vice President for Administration at the University
of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. As vice president, he
has an important leadership role, serving as the University's
senior operating officer, supporting the president on all
matters related to the administration of the University and
represents the University regarding finance and administration
to internal and external stakeholders. URI operates four
campuses throughout Rhode Island and has an annual operating
budget of $420 million.
Prior to his position at URI, Weygand was the President and CEO
of the New England Board of Higher Education. NEBHE is the
administrator of the New England Higher Education Compact,
authorized by Congress in 1954 and formally established in 1955
by the six New England states to provide greater educational
opportunities and services for the students of New England.
Weygand is a former United States Congressman and Lieutenant
Governor from Rhode Island. He represented Rhode Island's Second
District in Congress for two terms from 1997 to 2001 where he
served on the House Budget Committee and the House Banking and
Financial Services Committee. From 1993 to 1997, Weygand was
Rhode Island's Lieutenant Governor and prior to that, served
four terms, 1985 to 1993, as a state representative.
A landscape architect by training and former owner of an
architectural firm, Weygand is a Fellow of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, the national chair of the Council of
Fellows (2004and 2005) and an Adjunct Associate Professor in
Landscape Architecture at the University of Rhode Island. He
earned two degrees from URI, and is a Trustee of the URI
Foundation. He is the recipient of numerous public service
awards and is on several non-profit boards including Big
Brothers of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership,
South County Hospital Endowment Board and Homefront Healthcare.
He frequently lectures at colleges and universities.
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10/14/2004
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