Robert M. Warner

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.Press release (April 27, 2007). [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-87.html Robert M. Warner, Sixth Archivist of the United States Died April 24, 2007.] via National Archives]

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.Press release ( May 20, 2005). [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-69.html?template=print National Archives Names New Research Center For Former Archivist of the United States Robert M. Warner.] via National Archives]

He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan of a heart attack after battling cancer for a year.Abruzzese, Sarah (May 3, 2007). Robert M. Warner, 79, the National Archivist, Dies. "New York Times"]

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* [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/archivist-warner.html Secrecy and Salesmanship in the Struggle for NARA's Independence.]