Robert F. Burford | |
Office1: | 10th Director of the Bureau of Land Management |
President1: | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Term Start1: | 1981 |
Term End1: | 1989 |
Predecessor1: | Frank Gregg |
Successor1: | Cy Jamison |
Term Start2: | January 10, 1979 |
Term End2: | January 14, 1981 |
Predecessor2: | Ronald H. Strahle |
Successor2: | Carl Bledsoe |
Office3: | Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 54th district |
Term Start3: | January 8, 1975 |
Term End3: | January 14, 1981 |
Predecessor3: | T. John Baer Jr. |
Successor3: | James M. Robb |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1923 |
Birth Place: | Grand Junction, Colorado |
Death Place: | Grand Junction, Colorado |
Party: | Republican |
Robert F. Burford (February 5, 1923 – June 17, 1993) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 54th district from 1975 to 1981 and as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management from 1981 to 1989. He served as Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1979 to 1981.[1] [2] He was also stepfather to Neil Gorsuch, who now serves as associate justice of the Supreme Court.