Robert W. Fri

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Robert Fri
Fri in 1996
Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration
Acting
In office
January 20, 1977 – September 30, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byRobert Seamans
Succeeded byJames Schlesinger (Secretary of Energy)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Acting
In office
April 30, 1973 – September 12, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byWilliam Ruckelshaus
Succeeded byRussell E. Train
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
June 14, 1971 – April 29, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Quarles
Personal details
Born(1935-11-16)November 16, 1935
Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 2014(2014-10-10) (aged 78)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
PartyRepublican
EducationRice University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Fri (standing, furthest left) with other officials at the 1999 signing ceremony of a curatorial agreement between the Miami Museum of Science and the Smithsonian Institution

Robert W. Fri (November 16, 1935 – October 10, 2014) was an American administrator who served as the Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1971 to 1973.[1]

Fri served as director of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History from 1996 to 2001.[2]

He died of lung cancer on October 10, 2014, in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 78.[3]

References

  1. "Robert W. Fri, who led Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, dies at 78". The Washington Post. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  2. Nelson, Peter (January 14, 2015). "Remembering Robert W. Fri". Resources for the Future. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  3. "Robert W. Fri, Energy Adviser and Director at Smithsonian, Dies at 78". The New York Times. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2019-03-23.