10th Director of the Bureau of Land Management Robert Fitzpatrick Burford

1923 - 1993  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Fitzpatrick Burford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	10th Director of the Bureau of Land Management
  Birth	5 Feb 1923	Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1942	Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA   [4]
  	Draft Registration - World War II
  Military Service	1945
  	US Marine Corps - WWII
  Elected	1975	Colorado, USA   [2, 5]
  	Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 54th district - Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1979
  Occupation	1981	Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [5]
  	Director of US Bureau of Land Management
  Death	17 Jun 1993	St Mary's Hospital, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I22843	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	4th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Anne Irene McGill,   b. 21 Apr 1942, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA d. 18 Jul 2004, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1983
  Family ID	F9038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Feb 1923 - Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - World War II - 1942 - Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA Elected - Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 54th district - Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1979 - 1975 - Colorado, USA Occupation - Director of US Bureau of Land Management - 1981 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA Burial - - Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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