Alumni Spotlight
SIR ROBERT WORCESTER Kansas ’55
A Man’s Home is His Castle Sir Robert Worcester, Kansas ’55 is the Founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International), London. He is Deputy Chairman of the Magna Carta Trust, and Chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. Sir Robert is also the Chancellor of the University of Kent, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Contemporary British History at King’s College London, Visiting Professor of Government at [the London School of Economics], and Honorary Professor at the Universities of Warwick and Kent, and an Emeritus Governor of the LSE. His interest in the Magna Carta is life-long. Born in the United States, on his first visit to England in 1957 on the first morning he visited the British Museum to see two objects: the 1215 Magna Carta and the Rosetta Stone, which represented to him the foundations of civilization: education and the rule of law. In 1969, when he came to England to live, he visited Runnymede to see where the Magna Carta was agreed. He has served on the Magna Carta Trust for more than 20 years.
Which other Delta Chi lived in a castle? Scan the QR Code to check out the Summer 1985 issue of the Quarterly to learn about Michael McGinn, Cornell ’66 and see which castle in Ireland he called “home” before passing away in 2008. WARNING: large file size – be sure you are connected to wi-fi on your phone or tablet!
You can also find the issue at www.deltachi.org/quarterly
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