Bob Carr (Florida politician)
- Bob Carr (Florida politician)
Robert S. Carr was mayor of Orlando, Florida from 1956 to 1967. The Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre is named for him.
In 1939, Carr (then a businessman) organized the Community Chest of Orlando, the community's first annual fund drive conducted to support local charitable organizations and the forerunner of the Heart of Florida United Way organization. [ [http://www.hfuw.org/PDFs/UNITEDWAY_NEWHIRE_FLYER_6%2021%2006.pdf Heart of Florida United Way brochure] (PDF)] In 1945, while he was serving as president of the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, he contributed to the establishment of the Orlando Negro Chamber of Commerce, the predecessor to the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida. [ [http://www.blackcommerce.org/web/about.php "About Us"] , African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida (accessed August 4, 2007)] In 1954 he was one of a group of Florida community leaders who established the state's Easter Seals organization. [ [http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/easter_seals_story.htm The Beginning of Easter Seals in Florida] (accessed August 4, 2007)]
As mayor he formed a Human Relations Committee to address race relations and peacefully desegregate the community. [ [http://www.brechner.org/Brechner_Legacy.asp Brechner Center] .]
The defining event in shaping modern Orlando occurred during Carr's term as mayor when, in 1965, Walt Disney announced plans to build Walt Disney World outside the city. [ [http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0703/feature4/ Orlando, Florida History] ]
Carr died while in office in 1967. Carl T. Langford succeeded him as mayor.
His son, Robert Carr, Jr., has been active in Orlando politics. [ [http://www.bobcarrjr.com/Bio.html Bob Carr Jr] ]
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