Robert George Torbet (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) was a seminary dean, professor, and historian. He served on the faculty of the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (1934-1951), and on the American Baptist Board of Education and Publications (editor and department director, 1951-1958), and on the faculty of Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Professor of Church History and Dean, 1958-1966). Besides serving on the Board of Education and Publications, he also served as President of the American Baptist Convention (1965-1966).