Robert B. Pirie

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Robert B. Pirie (18 April 1905—9 January 1990) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for air when he retired in 1962.

A native of Wymore, Nebraska, he was a 1926 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He joined the Navy's air arm in 1928. In World War II he was executive officer of the carrier USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) in the Atlantic.

After the war he headed the aviation department at the Naval Academy and commanded two carriers, the USS Sicily (CVE-118) and the USS Coral Sea, before assuming division and fleet commands. He was named Deputy Chief of Naval Operations in 1958, serving until his retirement.

After he left the Navy he held management positions with the Aerojet-Gerneral Corporation. He was a former president of the Naval Academy Foundation and the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Florida.