Robert Fri | |
|---|---|
Fri in 1996 | |
| Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration | |
Acting | |
| In office January 20, 1977 – September 30, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Robert Seamans |
| Succeeded by | James Schlesinger (Secretary of Energy) |
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
Acting | |
| In office April 30, 1973 – September 12, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | William Ruckelshaus |
| Succeeded by | Russell E. Train |
| Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
| In office June 14, 1971 – April 29, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Quarles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 16, 1935 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 2014 (aged 78) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Rice University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |

Robert W. Fri (November 16, 1935 – October 10, 2014) was an American administrator who served as the Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1971 to 1973.
Fri served as director of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History from 1996 to 2001.
He died of lung cancer on October 10, 2014, in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 78.