# Robert Kibbee

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{{Short description|American university administrator}}
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'''Robert Joseph Kibbee''' (August 19, 1921 – June 16, 1982) was an American university administrator who was Chancellor of the [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York).

==Biography==
Kibbee was born on [Staten Island](/source/Staten_Island), New York.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url= https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/former-chancellors/|title=Former Chancellors}}</ref> His father was Hollywood actor [Guy Kibbee](/source/Guy_Kibbee) and his mother was Helen Shay Kibbee; his parents separated when he was a young boy.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEorDwAAQBAJ&q=%22robert+kibbee%22+cuny+%22staten+island%22&pg=PT69|title=CUNY's First Fifty Years: Triumphs and Ordeals of a People's University|first1=Anthony G.|last1=Picciano|first2=Chet|last2=Jordan|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351982146|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/18/obituaries/robert-j-kibbee-chancellor-of-city-university-for-more-than-a-decade-dies-at-60.html|title=Robert J. Kibbee, Chancellor of City University for More Than; a Decade, Dies at 60|first=Gene I.|last=Maeroff|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1982}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/28/archives/demilitarizer-of-the-campus-robert-joseph-kibbee.html|title=Robert Joseph Kibbee: 'Demilitarizer' of the Campus|first=|last=|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 28, 1971|last1=Kibbee |first1=Robert Joseph }}</ref>  He attended [Xavier High School](/source/Xavier_High_School_(New_York_City)) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), New York, and earned a bachelor's degree at [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University) in 1943.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

After serving in World War II in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) from 1940 to 1945, Kibbee earned a master's degree in [higher education](/source/higher_education) administration from the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) in 1947, and a doctorate there in 1957.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/> He was then administrative dean at [Southern State College](/source/Southern_Arkansas_University), and in 1955 became dean of students at [Drake University](/source/Drake_University).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://web.saumag.edu/archives/archives/history/illustrated/ssc/a-new-president-2/|title=A New President, New Faculty, and Accreditation of SSC|author=The Higher Learning Commission |website=University Archives}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> From 1958 to 1961 he worked for the University of Chicago as an educational advisor in Pakistan.<ref name="auto1"/> Kibbee then served as assistant to President [John Warner](/source/John_Warner_(college_president)) and as vice president for planning and administration at [Carnegie-Mellon University](/source/Carnegie-Mellon_University), and as President of the Pittsburgh Board of Education.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

Kibbee was Chancellor of the [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York), the third-largest university in the United States, from 1971 to 1982.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v82lcegLd4kC&q=%22robert+kibbee%22&pg=PA132|title=Town and Gown: The Fight for Social Justice, Urban Rebirth, and Higher Education|first=Robert D.|last=Parmet|date= 2011|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9781611474732|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/>  During that time CUNY transitioned to [open admissions](/source/open_admissions).<ref name="auto2"/>

He was married first to Katherine Kirk, and then in 1980 to Margaret Rockwitz.<ref name="auto3"/>

Kibbee had cranial surgery to remove a tumor, and died on June 16, 1982, two weeks before his scheduled retirement, at 60 years of age.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> The library at [Kingsborough Community College](/source/Kingsborough_Community_College) is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/4790|title=Robert J. Kibbee Library -- City University of New York|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cuny.edu/ The City University of New York]

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