Robert Spencer Carr (July 13, 1899 – January 29, 1967) was mayor of Orlando, Florida from 1956 to 1967.
[3] In 1954 he was one of a group of Florida community leaders who established the state's Easter Seals organization.
[5] The defining event in shaping modern Orlando occurred during Carr's term as mayor when, in 1965, Walt Disney announced plans to build Walt Disney World outside the city.
[6] Carr died while in office on January 29, 1967 after suffering a heart attack.
His son, Robert Carr, Jr., has been active in Orlando politics and was the college roommate at Vanderbilt of future Southwest and Big 12 Conferences assistant commissioner Bo Carter.