Robert R. Barron, former Senior CIA Disguise Specialist,
committed to restoring identities through prosthetic devices.

In the News

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• Living the Life, March 10, 2008, Christian Broadcasting Network, ABC Family Channel, 9:30 a.m. (eastern).
  
  

• The People of the CIA:  Robert Barron, The Making of an Artist, Featured Story Archive, The Central Intelligence Agency Website, posted February 7, 2008.
  
  

• KSDK-TV (St. Louis) interview by NewsChannel 5's Mike Bush with Bob and patient Joey Alles, November 2, 2007, 10 pm (central); channel 5 in St. Louis, channel 14 in Illinois.  Interview also available online following broadcast.
  
  

• WUSA Channel 9 News, Washington, DC, June 29, 2007, 5:00 pm (eastern).
  
  

• "From CIA Disguises to Prosthetics," The Washington Post Online, May 22, 2007.
  
  

• The Art of Living, Retirement Living Television (RTL), Comcast CN8, DIRECTV Channel 238, February 2, 2007.  Check your guide for broadcast time.
  
  

• "Putting My Best Face Forward," by Donna Smith, The Braille Forum, The American Council of the Blind, Winter 2007, Vol. XLV, No. 5
  
  

• "CIA's Master of Disguise," The Insider with Pat O'brien and Lara Spencer, interview with Bob and Carissa Fehrle, December 4, 2006.
  
  

• "CIA Disguise Master Designs New Ear for Seven Year-Old Boy," Inside Edition with Deborah Norville, May 23 and 24, 2006.  
  
  

• "Meet the CIA's Master of Disguise," The Insider with Pat O'brien and Lara Spencer, April 8, 2006.
  
  

• "CIA FACE FIXER - Viewer Follow-up," The Insider with Pat O'brien and Lara Spencer, March 1, 2006.  
  
  

• "Boy Trades Patch for Prosthetic Eye," ABC News Good Morning America, with Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer, March 1, 2006. 
  
  

• "CIA FACE FIXER," The Insider with Pat O'brien and Lara Spencer, interview with Bob and patients, February 16, 2006.
  
  

• "Out of Hiding," KTRK-TV, ABC 13 Eyewitness News, February 7, 2006.
  
  

• "Barron Helped Elijah Look Like His Twin," The Friday Show with Vivica A. Fox, and The Montel Williams Show, January 1, 2006.
  
  

• "Ex-CIA Disguise Master Helps Disfigured People," Agence France-Presse, Dec 11, 2005.
  
  

• "Master of Disguise Changes Many Lives:  Former CIA Specialist Creates New Faces for the Disfigured," ABC News Good Morning America, November 29, 2005. 
  
  

• "A Thanksgiving Blessing:  He Made Set of Oklahoma 6-Year-Olds Twins Again," Du Quoin Evening Call, November 23, 2005.
  
  

• "Stop Teasing Me Just Because I Look Different," The Maury Show, October 20, 2005.
  
  

• "Former CIA Employee Finds Second Career While Working Undercover," Loudoun Business, October 2005, p. 10.
  
  

• "Mission Possible:  Former CIA Disguise Specialist Constructs Happy Faces," Leesburg Today, August 26, 2005, p. B1.
  
  

• "Extreme Surgery," The Discovery Health Channel, April 6, 2005 at 10 pm, April 7, 2005 at 1 am, and April 11, 2005 at 4 am.
  
  

• Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace:  Power Player, March 6, 2005.  Interview with Robert Barron.  Check your local listings for station and time. 
  
  

• Home Delivery, September 21, 2004, Warner Brothers "WB" TV.  Program with Robert Barron and patient, Jackson Wood.  RE-BROADCASTED on March 15, 2005.
  
  
• "Luke's New Ear," The Daily Journal, Febrary 21, 2005, p. 1.
  
  

• Life & Style, February 22 or 23, 2005 (depending on your viewing area).  Robert Barron and patient, Hannah Shainholtz, will be appearing on the Warner Brothers "WB" and Oxygen Networks.  Check your local listings for station.
  
  

• "FOLLOW-UP -- TLC For Nurse:  A Prosthetic Eye," CBS The Early Show, with Harry Smith,  Thursday, December 23, 2004.
  
  
• "The Face Maker," Northwest Afternoon, KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA, Channel 4, 3 - 4 pm (pacific), November 8, 2004. [external link]
  
  
• "The Saturday Night Solution," CourtTV, August 7, 2004 
  
  
• "How a Master of Disguise Helped Us Smile Again," by Elaine Galloway, Woman's Own, 31 May 2004, pp. 29 - 30
  
  
• "TLC For Nurse:  A Prosthetic Eye," CBS The Early Show, Interview with Harry Smith, 14 May 2004
  
  
• "Spy-artist-turned prosthetist brings joy," Loudoun Times-Mirror, May 12, 2004, p. 1
  
  
• "Profiles:  Where's MJ?" Adelphia Channel 3, Comcast Channels 28 & 3 (depending on broadcast area), 12 May 2004
  
  
• "Viewer Follow Ups," The Oprah Winfrey Show, 26 April 2004 [external link]
  
  
• "Changing Lives:  Cosmetic Breakthroughs," The Montel Williams Show, February 13, 2004; To order a videotape or transcript, please contact Burrelle's Transcripts at 800-777-8398 or P.O. Box 7, Livingston, NJ  07039; (Please provide them with the show title when ordering.)
  
  
• "Making Faces," Ripley's Believe It or Not, Special Edition 2004, p. 69
  
  
• "Interview with Robert Barron," SAT1 TV, Germany, 23 January 2004 
  
  
• "God's Secret Agent," Woman's World, 28 October 2003, p. 10
  
  
• "Looking Normal," Richmond Times-Dispatch, 16 October 2003, p. F1 - F2
  
  
• "Face Man," The American Storyteller, Radio Journal #11 [external link to order CD]
  
  
• "The Face Man:  Mission Possible," Wolf Blitzer Reports, Kathleen Koch Reporting, CNN, 21 August 2003
  
  
• "Interview with Robert Barron," Belo TV, Stacy Hutchins Reporting, 11 August 2003
  
  
• "Man of a Thousand Faces," by Chris Baker, The Washington Times, pp. C8 - C9, 6 June 2003
  
  
• "Medical Miracles," The Oprah Winfrey Show, 3 February 2003 [external link]
  
  
• "Alive Again," Primetime Thursday with Charles Gibson, 28 March 2002 [external link to order transcript]
  
  
• "World Diary:  Honor Killings -- Zahida Parveen," National Geographic Channel, 13 February 2002 [external link to order video/DVD of broadcast]
  
  
• "Barbara Harrision with Byron Lewis," NBC Local Channel 4, Washington, DC, 2002
  
  
• "Doreen Gentzler with Louise Kurtz -- Pentagon Survivor," NBC Local Channel 4, Washington, DC, 2002
  
  
• "Crafting Hope:  Prosthetic Sculptor Robert Barron Is Spending His Retirement Giving People New Beginning," by Phil McCombs, The Washington Post, 12 January 2003, p. F1 
  
  
• "Putting on a New Face," by Ken Seeber, Southern Illinoisan, 27 March 2002 
  
  
• "Helping Hands," by Kim Hubbard and J. Todd Foster, People Magazine, 11 February 2002, p. 111 
  
  
• "The Man Who Makes Faces," by Robert Andrews, Reader's Digest, March 2001
  
  
• "Saving Faces," by Robert Andrews, Washingtonian, June 2000, p. 54
  
  
• "About Town:  Just Like Before," Washington Times, Metro Times, pp. C10 - C11, 2 June 1994, Article ID: pl41930165