Robert Ayer Stevenson (September 6, 1918– June 23, 2000) was an American life-long diplomat who served as a United States Ambassador to Malawi from 1974 to 1978.
[1] He also graduated from National War College and received a master's degree in public service from Harvard University.
From 1947 to 1950, he worked at the United States Embassy in San Jose, El Salvador.
[1] In 1974, Stevenson was appointed to succeed William C. Burdett Jr. in the position of United States Ambassador to Malawi.
[2] He and his wife were buried at Forest Avenue Cemetery in Angola, Erie County, New York.