Robert A. Huttenback

Robert Arthur Huttenback, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was the third Chancellor of UC Santa Barbara from 1977 to 1986. Huttenback was a German Jew whose family fled to England in 1933. Although his family lived in England for only about six years before moving again to the United States, Huttenback spoke English with a British accent for the rest of his life. Huttenback received his B.A. in 1951 and his Ph.D. with a historical dissertation in 1959, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before returning to UCLA to earn his doctorate, Huttenback served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. From 1960 to 1977, he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology. He was a lifelong specialist in the history of British imperialism. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Huttenback)

Born 1928-03-08

Died 2012-06-10

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