Dr Robert Barr OBE CGeog (Rtd)
Employer Name
Liberal Democrat Group Warrington Borough Council
Biography
Throughout his career, Bob has been an applied geographer, interested in the use of computers for the management of urban and social information. Educated at Durham, Keele, Manchester and UCSB California, he worked for thirty years at the University of Manchester in adult education, lecturing in GIS and as Director of the Manchester Regional Research Laboratory. He took early retirement in 2005 to spend more time with Manchester Geomatics, the university spin out company, which he formed out of MRRL, where he is Chairman. In 2006 he was elected to Warrington Borough Council where he is Executive Board Member with responsibility for Planning, Regeneration and Housing. Bob was awarded an OBE for services to Geography in the New Year Honours 2008.