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| office1= 6th President of the University of Virginia
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| alma_mater = Harvard University
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'''Robert Marchant O'Neill''' is the 6th president of the [[University of Virginia]] and a former president of the [[Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression]]. He served from 1985 to 1990. Prior to joining UVa, he served as president of Wisconsin's university system. <ref name="retirement">{{cite-progress|title=O'Neil left mark on area through UVa, center work|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/jul/23/oneil-left-mark-area-through-uva-center-work-ar-1192596/|author=Bryan McKenzie|pageno=|printdate=|publishdate=July 23, 2011|accessdate=July 25, 2011|cturl=}}</ref> At the beginning of his tenure, he had predicted enrollment at UVA would remain steady at around 16,000. <ref>{{cite-progress-worrell|title=Elements, Election Top News|url=|author=Daniel W. Lehman|pageno=A10|printdate=January 1, 1986|publishdate=January 1, 1986|accessdate=June 15, 2019}}</ref>

O'Neill retired from the Center on May 1, 2011.<ref name="retirement" />

He died on [[September 30]], [[2018]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=University Community Remembers UVa's Sixth President, Robert M. O'Neil|url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/university-community-remembers-uvas-sixth-president-robert-m-oneil|author=Caroline Newman|work=Obituary|publisher=|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Muzzled: Free speech wall creator shuts down|url=https://www.c-ville.com/muzzled-free-speech-center-shuts-down/|author=Lisa Provence|work=News Article|publisher=C-Ville Weekly|location=Charlottesville, VA|publishdate=July 10, 2019|accessdate=March 27, 2021}}</ref>


{{wikipedia link|Robert_M._O%27Neil|whylink=wellcovered|linktext=Robert M. O'Neill}}

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