Robert Goldwin

Goldwin and President Ford in the Oval Office, 1975 (courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library)

Rumsfeld, Ford, Goldwin, and Irving Kristol (not shown) chatting in the Oval Office. (courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library)

Robert Allen Goldwin (April 16, 1922 – January 12, 2010) was an American political scientist specializing in the study of the Constitution, who left academia to enter government at the invitation of his friend Donald Rumsfeld, serving as adviser and "intellectual-in-residence" for the presidential administration of Gerald Ford. He was subsequently a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Forging Unity out of Diversity, AEI Press, May 1989

Constitution Makers on Constitution Making, Rowman & Littlefield, December 1988

The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, AEI Press, December 1988

Slavery and Its Consequences, AEI Press, August 1988

Constitutional Controversies, AEI Press, December 1987

How Does the Constitution Protect Religious Freedom? AEI Press, February 1987

Separation of Powers, AEI Press, September 1986

How Federal Is the Constitution? AEI Press, February 1986

How Does the Constitution Secure Rights? AEI Press, January 1985

How Capitalistic Is the Constitution? AEI Press, August 1982

The Government's Role in Solving Societal Problems, Associated Faculty Press, Incorporated, January 1982

Bureaucrats, Policy Analysts, Statesmen, AEI Press, January 1980

How Democratic Is the Constitution? AEI Press, January 1980

Political Parties in the 1980s, AEI Press, January 1980

Beyond the Cold War, Ayer Co Pub, June 1979

A Nation of States, Houghton Mifflin Company, May 1976

Readings in Russian Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, January 1970