Robert Lyle Friedheim[1] (August 1, 1934 – January 31, 2001) was an international relations scholar and professor at the University of Southern California.
[2] Friedheim began his career teaching political science at Purdue University.
[2] Friedheim joined the faculty in 1976 and directed USC's Sea Grant Program for interdisciplinary research that focuses on the ocean environment and regulations to protect and utilize its resources.
[2] From 1992 to 1995, he chaired the USC School of International Relations and was associate director of its Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences.
[6][7] Friedheim died on January 31, 2001, at Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, of lung cancer.