Robert Gordon Sproul (May 22 1891 –Sept 10 1975) was 11th President of the University of California (1930-1958).

Sproul's outstanding contribution during his 28-year administration was the multiple-campus expansion of the University to meet the demands for higher education in widely separated parts of the state, while maintaining one institution governed by one Board of Regents and one President.

By the time he left office in 1958, UCLA was a distinguished university recognized worldwide for the excellence of its programs. And the University of California had a total of six campuses from Davis to Los Angeles. There is a Sproul Hall on every UC campus, save for the recently opened and not fully built-out UC Merced.