Robert Mueller

Robert Mueller met his wife, Ann Cabell Standish, at a high school party. Standish is the alumni of Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and then worked as a special-education teacher for children with learning disabilities.

The couple tied the knot in September 1966 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Together they have two daughters.

Mueller was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000. In 2001, he underwent treatment for prostate cancer, as a result of which his Senate confirmation hearings were delayed.

Robert Swan Mueller III was born to Alice C. Truesdale and Robert Swan Mueller Jr. on August 7, 1944, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. He is the eldest brother of his four younger sisters, Susan, Sandra, Joan and Patricia. His father worked with DuPont after serving as a Navy officer during World War II.

Mueller spent his childhood in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended the Princeton Country Day School till the eighth grade after which he moved with his family to Philadelphia. In the new city, he studied in St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He took interest in sports and soon became the captain of the soccer, lacrosse and hockey teams.

He enrolled with Princeton University and passed out in 1966 with B.A. in politics. In 1967, he attained his master’s in international relations from New York University. The following year, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps as an officer and received the Bronze Star with ‘V’ distinction for rescuing a wounded Marine. He also won two Navy Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

After completing his services with the Navy, he joined the University of Virginia School of Law and served on the Virginia Law Review. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1973.

After passing out from the University of Virginia School of Law , Robert Mueller wanted to work with the United States Attorney's office but he failed to earn a position. So, he took up the job as a litigator at the firm ‘Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro’, in San Francisco until 1976.

In 1976, he became assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Northern California. In 1981, he was promoted to chief of the criminal division. The following year he relocated to Boston to work as an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Here he worked on numerous cases involving financial fraud, international money laundering, corruption, narcotics and even terrorism. Later, he worked as the district's acting attorney for a year in 1986.

After a year-long stint at Boston law firm, ‘Hill and Barlow’, Mueller returned to the U.S. Department of Justice in 1989 as an assistant to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh. He was also the acting deputy Attorney General. In 1990, Mueller took over the criminal division. He led the prosecution of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, the Lockerbie bombing case, and then went to form a unit dedicated to cyber security.

In 1990, Mueller took over the criminal division. He led the prosecution of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, the Lockerbie bombing case, and then went to form a unit dedicated to cyber security.

In 1993, he joined the law firm ‘Hale and Dorr’ as a partner. The firm specialized in white-collar crime litigation.

Robert Mueller was awarded the Gordon Medal as the Princeton Country Day School’s top athlete in 1962.

In 2016, the United States Military Academy awarded Robert Mueller the Thayer Award for public service.

The non-profit Intelligence and National Security Alliance awarded Mueller the Baker Award for intelligence and national security contributions, in June 2017.