Robert Allen Skotheim (born January 31, 1933)[1] is an American educator who has served as president of several colleges and institutions.
Afterwards, he taught history at the University of Colorado, Boulder and then became provost of Hobart and William Smith College in Geneva, New York.
On July 1, 2009, Skotheim stepped down and Jonathan Veitch, formerly dean of Eugene Lang College, took the reins.
[15] The Nadine and Robert Skotheim Director of Education at The Huntington is endowed in his honor.
[16][17] On June 14, 1953, Skotheim married Nadine Esther Vail, in Seattle, Washington, and they had three children: Marjorie, Kris and Julie.