Robert (Bob) Daly

Bob Daly began his 40-year career in institutional research at Santa Ana College (SAC) in 1974. After spending six years at SAC, he accepted the position of Director of Information and Planning Analysis at University of California, Irvine, where he stayed for 24 years. Then in 2004, he was hired as the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Strategic Academic Research and Analysis at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Although Bob formally retired from UCR in 2014, he continues to serve as a leader and visionary in the institutional research field. Bob recently presented at the California Association for Institutional Research 2015 Conference on “The Future of IR.” In addition, Bob has been interviewed twice for the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) e-newsletter (eAIR) regarding AIR’s recent publication Statement of Aspirational Practice for Institutional Research. In these interviews, Bob discussed the “Six Stages of Growth for the IR Professional,” which was honored with the CAIR Best Presentation Award in 2013, and “The Future of IR.” Bob served as CAIR's first president in 1987-1988 and continues to be active in the institutional research community, currently serving as a member on CAIR's Board of Directors.