Robert D. Irons, PhD, 1975–2013

Robert D. Irons, PhD, passed away at age 38, on July 1, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Victor Irons, cofounder of the National Health Federation. Robert was born April 19, 1975, in Red Bluff, California, to Victor Irons and Julia Wintar Irons.

Robert was a 2004 University of Missouri graduate, with a PhD in nutritional immunology. After he completed his postdoctoral work, he worked at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

In recent years he worked for his family’s company, V. E. Irons Inc., which was founded in 1946 to produce and distribute a superior line of pure and natural vitamins, minerals, and internal cleansing aids to help people achieve their optimal health. The founder, Victor Earl Irons, was a 1919 Yale graduate and nationally renowned nutritionist and health freedom activist.

Robert, like his father and mother, was an inspiration to everyone who had the honor of walking life’s path or working with him. With a sharp and astute mind and a tender, loving heart, as a vigorous visionary and problem-solver, Robert’s ideas and visions were endless and only limited to his human form. His passion for health freedom informed his life’s work.

Robert was deeply proud of his heritage as the young son of Victor and Julia Irons. In his studies and research, he went intensely into the area of how nutrition is key to all health, walking firmly in his father’s footsteps. National Health Freedom Coalition was honored to have him as a board member and chairman of the Drafting Committee for the International Declaration of Health Freedom, and codesigner for the United States Health Freedom Congress’s meetings in Chicago, Illinois. Leaders are committed to carrying on his enthusiasm and persistence as they continue establishing the foundation of health freedom in the US and the world. The photo shown here is Robert with his health freedom mentor, Clinton Ray Miller.