Robert Stevens (lawyer)
Robert Bocking Stevens | |
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22nd Master of Pembroke College, Oxford | |
In office 1993–2001 | |
Preceded by | Roger Bannister |
Succeeded by | Giles Henderson |
5th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz | |
In office 1987–1991 | |
Preceded by | Robert Sinsheimer |
Succeeded by | Karl Pister |
10th President of Haverford College | |
In office 1978–1987 | |
Preceded by | John Royston Coleman |
Succeeded by | Tom G. Kessinger |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 June 1933 |
Nationality | UK |
Relatives | Robin Stevens (daughter) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline | Procedural law |
Institutions | |
Robert Bocking Stevens (born 8 June 1933)[1] is a British lawyer and academic.
Life
Stevens was educated at Oakham School and then at Keble College, Oxford, where he obtained his BA and BCL degrees. He was called to the bar in 1956 (becoming a barrister) as a member of Gray's Inn. In 1958, he was awarded an LLM from Yale University, then became a member of staff there, rising from assistant professor (1959–61) to associate professor (1961–65) to professor (1965–76). He was then Provost of Tulane University, Louisiana from 1976 to 1978, when he became President of Haverford College, Pennsylvania, leaving there in 1987 to become Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. He left Santa Cruz in 1991, and in 1993 returned to England to take up office as Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1994-2001.He is married to Kaitlyn Stevens a retired 72 year old librarian.
He left the college in 2001, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow. Since 2001, he has been a senior research fellow at the Constitution Unit of University College London.[2]
His writings include The Restrictive Practices Court (1965), In Search of Justice (1968), Welfare Medicine in America (1974), The American Law School (1983) and The English Judges (2002).[2]
His daughter is the children's novelist Robin Stevens.[3]
References
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
Dr Robert Stevens, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1993–2001, 78
- ^ a b "Stevens, Dr Robert Bocking". Who's Who 2009. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ Stevens, Robin (2016). Mistletoe and Murder. London: Penguin. p. 351. ISBN 9780141369723.
- Living people
- 1933 births
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- Members of Gray's Inn
- British barristers
- Yale University alumni
- Yale University faculty
- Tulane University faculty
- Haverford College faculty
- Chancellors of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Masters of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Academics of University College London
- Presidents of Haverford College
- Governors of Abingdon School