Rory Hume

{{short description|Australian-born academic (born 1945)}}

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Wyatt R. "Rory" Hume (born 4 January 1945) is an Australian-born academic.

Hume graduated from the University of Adelaide with bachelor's degrees in dentistry and dental surgery and a PhD in human physiology and pharmacology.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/HumeCVJan2008.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae - Wyatt R. Hume|date=January 2008|page=27|accessdate=2008-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709011054/http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/HumeCVJan2008.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Between 1980 and 2003, Hume's dental research demonstrated how to avoid adverse effects when applying restorative materials to dental tissue.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/wrhbio.html|title=Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume|publisher=University of California, Office of the President|accessdate=2008-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215160631/http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/wrhbio.html|archive-date=15 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

After service as dean of dentistry at the University of Sydney and then at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) he served as UCLA's Executive Vice-Chancellor between 1998 and 2002, and then as The University of New South Wales' sixth vice-chancellor and president from 2002 to 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/historicalresources/onlineexhibitions/vice-chancellor.html#hume|title=The Vice-Chancellors of the University of New South Wales|accessdate=2010-02-02}}

Hume's term as vice-chancellor at UNSW was marked by disagreements within the university council over allegations involving medical researcher Professor Bruce Hall, who was accused of serious scientific misconduct.{{cite news|first = Norman |last = Swan |url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1036825.htm |title = Follow up on Bruce Hall Affair|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Radio National |date = 2 February 2004}}{{cite news |url = https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/academic-loses-battle-over-fraud-allegations-20090215-geatsb.html |title = Academic loses battle over fraud allegations |publisher = Brisbane Times |date = 15 February 2009 |access-date = 23 January 2025}}{{cite news|first = Linda |last = Doherty |author2=Matthew Thompson | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/09/1081326929792.html?from=storyrhs |title = On his uni highway, Hume became roadkill|publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald|date = 10 April 2004|accessdate = 2008-09-18}} Hume cited the reason for his departure as 'a breakdown of his relationship with the university Council'.{{cite press release|url = http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2004/apr/Chancellor_statementMNE.html |title = Statement from the Chancellor| publisher = University of New South Wales|date = 8 April 2004|accessdate = 2008-09-18}} Hume's handling of the Hall matter was subsequently vindicated by the independent St James Ethics Centre in a report described as 'highly critical of the UNSW council'.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,16037019-2702,00.html|title= Embattled Australian academic gains top US post|last=Illing|first=Dorothy|date=2005-07-25|publisher=The Australian|accessdate=2008-10-03}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/An-academic-train-crash-that-need-not-have-happened/2005/04/26/1114462041997.html|title=An academic train crash that need not have happened |last=Doherty |first=Linda |date=2005-04-27|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=2008-10-03}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/04/27/1354515.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719202904/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/04/27/1354515.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|title='No true villains' in scientific research case|date=2005-04-27|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2008-10-03}}

Hume returned to the University of California system of ten research-intensive campuses and three National Laboratories in 2005 as Vice President for Health Affairs. In 2006 he became Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs for the UC system, and then in 2007 also its Chief Operating Officer during the transition between Presidents Dynes and Yudof. He stepped down as Provost and retired from the UC system in September 2008.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

From 2008 to 2012 Hume served as provost of the United Arab Emirates University. His time at UAE University did not yield the outcomes hoped for at the time of his appointment.{{cite web|url=http://uaeuniversity.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/7844635-so-why-did-rory-w-hume-resign-so-suddenly-|title = Forums}} While promising to transform the nation's first university into a dynamic research intensive one, Dr. Hume did not receive the financial backing from the UAE Government that would support such change.{{cite web|last=Mills|first=Andrew|title=Money Proves Elusive|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Money-Proves-Elusive-and/65658/|work=Chronicle of Higher Education|date=23 May 2010 |publisher=Chronicle|accessdate=16 June 2011}} The UAE federal higher education system has been starved of funds in recent years.http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/education/lack-of-funds-hampers-push-for-more-university-research {{dead link|date=August 2022}}http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/universities-to-start-year-with-dh428m-funds-shortfall {{dead link|date=August 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://uaeuwatch.blogspot.fr/2012/02/we-have-been-receiving-reports-that-dr.html|title = Sensitive Content Warning}} He decided not to renew his contract with UAE University when it expired in August, 2012.{{cite web | url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/global/controversial-provost-of-uae-u-steps-down/33020 | title=Controversial Provost of UAE U. Steps Down | date=May 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/education/uae-university-provost-resigns |title=UAE University provost resigns - The National |website=www.thenational.ae |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427232958/http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/education/uae-university-provost-resigns |archive-date=2012-04-27}}

Hume then served for two years and four months as the director, education, training and development for the research division of the Qatar Foundation. He resigned from that position for family reasons at the end of December 2014 and returned to California. He currently serves as dean of the University of Utah School of Dentistry, a position he assumed effective 15 May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2016/03/Rory_Hume_Release.php|title=Internationally Renowned Scholar, Academic Leader, Wyatt Rory Hume, Named Dean of School of Dentistry|website=healthcare.utah.edu|access-date=2016-08-20}} He is also a senior consultant for the Academy for Academic Leadership, AAL, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a faculty affiliate of the University of California Center for Studies in Higher Education.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}