18 Facts About Robert Worcester

Robert Worcester is a well-known figure in British public opinion research and political circles and as a media commentator, especially about voting intentions in British and American elections.

In 1965, Robert Worcester joined Opinion Research Corporation as chief financial officer before coming to Britain in 1969 to found MORI, then a joint-venture of ORC and National Opinion Polls, becoming the principal owner four years later.

Robert Worcester was appointed chancellor of the University of Kent in 2007 and retired from the role in 2014 and was succeeded by Gavin Esler.

Robert Worcester is an emeritus governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science and visiting professor in the Government Department and is visiting professor in the Institute of Contemporary British History at King's College London.

Robert Worcester is honorary professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.

Robert Worcester is the Chancellor's Lecturer and adjunct professor of political science at the University of Kansas.

Robert Worcester was principal investigator for the World Values Survey in Trinidad and Tobago and United Kingdom.

Robert Worcester became a Patron of the UK Market Research Society in October 2012.

Robert Worcester is deputy chairman and trustee of the Magna Carta Trust and currently chairs the Magna Carta 2015 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee, and is a governor of the Ditchley Foundation.

Robert Worcester is a former member of the Fulbright Commission and a former governor of the English-Speaking Union and co-chaired with Lord Watson the Jamestown 400th Commemoration British Committee.

Robert Worcester is immediate past president and former chair of the advisory council of the Institute for Business Ethics and has been on the Corporate Responsibility Advisory Board of Camelot.

Robert Worcester was a member of the advisory council of the National Consumer Council and Forum for the Future.

Robert Worcester is a vice-president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, of the United Nations Association and of the European Atlantic Group and was president of ENCAMS.

Robert Worcester is a vice-president of Protect Kent, the Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Robert Worcester is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Kent and a Kent County Council appointed Kent Ambassador.

Robert Worcester was a non-executive director of Kent Messenger Group and chairman of Maidstone Radio, CTR 105.4 fm, and was a non-executive director of the Medway Maritime Hospital NHS Trust until 2004.

Robert Worcester was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2005 in recognition of the "outstanding services rendered to political, social and economic research and for contribution to government policy and programmes".

Robert Worcester is an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science and of King's College London, holds six honorary doctorates, and the Distinguished Graduate award of the University of Kansas.