Robert L. King is an American political figure most notable for having served as Monroe County, New York Executive and as the Chancellor of the State University of New York. King was born and raised in Brighton, Monroe County, New York and graduated from Brighton High School. He graduated from Trinity College and earned a Juris Doctor at the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He began his career as a Deputy District Attorney in California. He returned to Rochester where he served as an Assistant District Attorney, as well as a Special Assistant United States Attorney working for the Organized Crime Strike Force, and ran unsuccessfully for Monroe County District Attorney against Howard M. Relin in 1983. In 1986, he won a seat in the New York State Assembly which he held for five years. It was there that he befriended fellow Assemblyman George Pataki, who greatly influenced his later career. In 1991, he unseated Thomas Frey to become Monroe County Executive. In 1995, King resigned his office to join then-Governor Pataki as director of the State Office of Regulatory Reform. 

December 27th, 1946 in United States of America (Age 77)