Robert Flint Chandler Jr. (June 22, 1907 - March 23, 1999) was an American horticulturalist. He obtained a degree in Horticulture from the University of Maine in 1929, and his Ph.D. in Pomology from the University of Maryland in 1934. He first taught at Cornell University and went on to become the Dean of the College of Agriculture, and then the ninth President, of the University of New Hampshire. In 1971, Chandler was appointed as first Director General of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC). which was later renamed World Vegetable Center. (AVRD) in Taiwan.