Robert Carlton Bergenheim (January 19, 1924 – June 5, 2010)^[1][2] was an American journalist and editor who founded the Boston Business Journal, which published its first issue on March 2, 1981.^[3] He also served as the publisher of the now defunct Boston Herald American during the 1970s.^[3] He was a Nieman Fellow.^[4]

Bergenheim was raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts.^[3] He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944 during World War II, serving in the Pacific theater.^[3] He was selected for a fellowship from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, where he graduated in 1954.^[3] Bergenheim began his career at The Christian Science Monitor.^[3]

Robert Bergenheim died at his home in Naples, Florida, of several health complications on June 5, 2010, at the age of 86.^[3] He was survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth McKee, whom he married in 1947; two daughters, Carol and Kristine; four sons, Robert, Roger, Ronald, and Michael; a granddaughter; and four grandsons. His fifth son, Richard, who died in 2008, was the editor in chief of The Christian Science Monitor from 2005 to 2008.^[3][5]

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