Orr was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan but was raised in Evansville, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, rising to the rank of Major.
Robert entered state level politics when he was elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1968, representing Evansville. He served there until 1973. He was lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981. As governor he oversaw the reform of the state's education system. After his terms as governor, he was named as the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, a post he held until 1992.
He died on March 10, 2004 at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis from complications following kidney surgery. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
RobertD. Orr was Indiana’s governor from 1981 to 1989.
Orr oversaw the creation of a utility consumer counselor to represent ratepayers, the overhaul of Indiana's state-run mental hospitals, the professionalization of the State Board of Accounts, the creation of the Department of Environmental Management and the creation of a state-controlled welfare system.
The son of Samuel L. and Louise (Dunkerson) Orr, Robert Dunkerson Orr was born Nov. 17, 1917 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Orr -- RobertOrr was born in the Carolinas in 1769.
RobertOrr called "Gransite" by his grandchildren, died in 1846 before the Village of Enfield was laid out, but his children and grandchildren were among the very first to move into town.
Robert Rutledge died in Kentucky and was buried in a corner of the orchard on the farm.
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