| Robert Anderson | |
| Term Start1: | 1976 |
| President2: | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Successor2: | James B. Engle |
| Predecessor2: | Matthew J. Looram, Jr. |
| Term End2: | 1974 |
| Term Start2: | 1972 |
| Office2: | United States Ambassador to Benin |
| Successor1: | Richard B. Parker |
| Predecessor1: | Robert G. Neumann |
| President1: | Gerald Ford |
| Term End1: | 1978 |
| Office1: | United States Ambassador to Morocco |
| Birth Date: | January 6, 1922 |
| Successor: | Lowell C. Kilday |
| Predecessor: | Robert L. Yost |
| Term End: | August 3, 1985 |
| Term Start: | June 22, 1982 |
| President: | Ronald Reagan |
| Office: | United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education: | Yale University (BA) |
| Death Place: | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Date: | April 5, 1996 (aged 74) |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Office3: | 6th Spokesperson for the United States Department of State |
| Term Start3: | 1974 |
| Term End3: | 1976 |
| Preceded3: | Carl E. Bartch |
| Succeeded3: | Hodding Carter III |
Robert Anderson (January 6, 1922 – April 5, 1996) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Dahomey, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic.[1]
Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Yale University, he served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II.
Anderson joined the Foreign Service after the war, and served in consular positions during the 1950s and 1960s, before being appointed U.S. ambassador to Dahomey (Benin) in 1972.[2] [3] He served as ambassador to Dahomey from 1972 to 1974, to Morocco from 1976 to 1978, and the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1985.[4] In the 1970s, Anderson also served as an assistant and spokesman for Henry Kissinger.[5]
Anderson died of congestive heart failure at Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia, at the age of 74. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Georgetown.[6]