| Robert M. Warner | |
|---|---|
Robert M. Warner, Sixth Archivist of the United States |
|
| Born | June 28, 1927 Montrose, Colorado |
| Died | April 24, 2007 (aged 79) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Occupation | Archivist of the United States |
Robert M. Warner (June 28, 1927 – April 24, 2007) was an American historian who served as the Sixth Archivist of the United States at the National Archives, from 1980 to 1985.[1]
Born in Montrose, Colorado, he graduated from South High School in Denver, Colorado in 1945. He then earned a bachelor's degree at Muskingum College in 1949 and a Ph.D. in American history in 1958 from the University of Michigan. He was third director of the Michigan Historical Collections before taking the federal job.
The National Archives, founded in 1934, had been part of the General Services Administration since 1949 and was controlled by political appointees. He pushed for independence, and Charles McC. Mathias and Thomas F. Eagleton introduced legislation that turned the Archives into the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in 1985.
That year, Warner returned to the University of Michigan, eventually becoming Dean of the School of Library Science. The NARA Robert M. Warner Research Center is named in his honor.[2]
He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan of a heart attack after battling cancer for a year.[3]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James O'Neill |
Archivist of the United States 1980–1985 |
Succeeded by Frank G. Burke |