15 Facts About Michael McRobbie

Michael McRobbie served as the 18th president of Indiana University from 2007 to 2021.

Michael McRobbie is the third person to serve as university chancellor in the university's more than 200-year-old history.

Michael McRobbie was a 1988 Fulbright Scholar in Computer Science from The Australian National University to the Argonne National Laboratory.

Michael McRobbie had a growing interest in international research collaborations.

Michael McRobbie was principal investigator of a project sponsored by the US National Science Foundation to connect US and Asian national research and education networks called TransPAC.

Michael McRobbie was chairman of the steering committee for the Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative, which was the largest outside funded project in the history of Indiana University Bloomington.

Michael McRobbie served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs of the Bloomington campus in 2006.

Michael McRobbie increased external funding by securing millions of dollars in grants for life science initiatives.

On March 1,2007 Michael McRobbie was selected as IU's 18th president and took office on July 1,2007.

Michael McRobbie served on the board of directors for ChaCha.

Some press were critical of a deal that used IU librarians as "guides", although Michael McRobbie resigned from the board before becoming president of the University.

Michael McRobbie has served on the board of trustees for Internet2 since 2009, and was named chair of the board starting in 2012.

Michael McRobbie's second wife, Laurie Burns McRobbie, was born in Michigan and worked as a technologist for 20 years.

Laurie Michael McRobbie was the executive director of member and partner relations for Internet2, and an adjunct faculty member in IU's School of Informatics.

Michael McRobbie was made a Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest honor the state can bestow, in 2007 by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.