Background
Potter, Robert Arthur was born on November 11, 1938 in New River, Tennessee, United States. Son of Gordon Byrd and Frances Elizabeth (Phillips) Potter.
Foundation administrator communications consultant
Potter, Robert Arthur was born on November 11, 1938 in New River, Tennessee, United States. Son of Gordon Byrd and Frances Elizabeth (Phillips) Potter.
Bachelor, San Francisco State University, 1965.
Newsman, Wall St. Journal, San Francisco, 1965; newsman, United Press International, San Francisco, 1965-1966; writer/editor, McGraw-Hill Publs., San Francisco/Washington, 1966-1969; public affairs officer, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, Baltimore, 1969-1971; associate director programs in public understanding of science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1971-1974; director information, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Associated Universities, 1974-1980; director university communications, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980-1987; director communications, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland., since 1987. Consultant Gov's. Commision on Nursing Homes, Baltimore, 1972-1973, Study on Surgical Superior vena cava syndrome in the United States, Baltimore, Chicago, 1973-1975, National Cancer Institute, Washington, 1974-1975, U. Chgo.Med. Center, 1983, Lincoln U., Oxford, Pennsylvania 1987-1991.
Chairman United Way Campaign University Mich, Ann Arbor, 1982. Member public affairs committee Michigan Heart Association, Lansing, 1980-1982. Member National Press Club, Communications Network in Philanthropy.
Married Blair Burns, 1974. Children: Lillian Howard, Gordon Leonard.