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Aug 4, 1997 · Beginning as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park in 1962, Robert Stanton served the NPS as a ranger, superintendent, deputy regional director, assistant director, and regional director of the National Capital Region before retiring in January 1997.
Robert G. "Bob" Stanton (born September 22, 1940) is a retired career civil service administrator who served for almost four decades in the United States National Park Service. He was the first African American to be appointed as the Director of the Park Service, serving 1997–2001.
In 1974, Stanton became deputy regional director of the Southeast Region of the National Park Service in Atlanta and in 1976 he returned to Washington, D.C. as assistant director of park operations. In 1978, Stanton was named deputy regional director of the National Capital Region, where he remained until 1986.
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Robert “Bob” Stanton served the National Park Service for nearly forty years. He was a seasonal park ranger, management assistant, park superintendent, deputy regional director, associate director, regional director, and director.
Robert Stanton, at the NPS Centennial plenary on Friday, April 8 at 5:15 pm, will talk about leadership and its evolution in the National Park Service. He will also comment upon how leadership will guide the future of the agency.
In August of 1997, Robert Stanton was sworn in as director of the National Park Service, becoming the fifteenth director and first African American to head the agency. Founded in 1916, the National Park Service (NPS) administers 376 sites across the United States.
