Robert N. “Bob” Broadbent

Robert N. “Bob” Broadbent, a pharmacy owner in Boulder City, Nevada from 1950 to 1975, was a public servant and politician who served four terms as a Clark County Commissioner and as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation in the Department of Interior before accepting the post of running the McCarran Airport in Las Vegas. As director of aviation, he rebuilt the North Las Vegas Air Terminal, bought the old Henderson-Sky Harbor airport and refurbished the airstrip in Jean. Overseeing a budget exceeding $1 billion a year for what was then the nation’s 21st busiest airport, he managed more than $1 billion in improvements at the airport, making the McCarran International Airport the nation’s ninth busiest airport.

For his dedicated career and contributions to aviation in Clark County and the state of Nevada, Robert N. “Bob” Broadbent earned his place in the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame’s Enshrinee Class of 2018.

 

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TD BARNES, Director

Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame