North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: Robert Hammond Anderson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1920
Birth Place: Berkeley, Calif
Father: Earl P Anderson
Mother: Jessie Dorothy Hammond
SOURCE: "Foote Family : Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut"
SF Gate, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson -- WWII vet, Portola Valley pioneer
By Sam Whiting Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson, World War II aviator, Episcopal deacon and former mayor of
Portola Valley, has died in the Peninsula town where he lived for 58 years. He was
86.
Mr. Anderson was involved in the Peninsula town's incorporation drive in the early
1960s, was on the first planning commission and the second Town Council, and went
on to serve just about every job in the volunteer government -- a public service stint that lasted 50 years.
"He just was one of the most stable, hardworking, dedicated persons to any job he
tackled," said Bill Lane, a member of the town's first council. "Bob was a man of action.
Photo of Bob Anderson, for obit.
If a tree fell down, he would often go out and clear debris off a road before the county
crew could get there."
Robert Hammond Anderson was born in 1920 at Alta Bates Hospital and grew
up in Berkeley, graduating from Berkeley High School. He was an Eagle Scout in
Troop 7.
He attended UC Berkeley for six months before being enticed away by the Golden Gate
International Exposition on Treasure Island, where he worked in the administration. He
was later a ditch digger for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. while cobbling together the
necessary 60 semester hours of college credit to join the Navy V-5 flight training
program at Oakland Airport.
Commissioned an ensign in 1942, he was based at the Naval Air Station in Alameda
and flew anti-submarine patrols, piloting a seaplane under the Golden Gate Bridge and
up and down the California coast.
On his 25th birthday, Mr. Anderson flew off to the war in the Pacific, where he piloted a
carrier-based Corsair fighter-bomber on missions over Japanese-held islands.
After the war, Mr. Anderson enrolled at Stanford University on the G.I. Bill. He
received his degree in political science in 1947. Two months later, he married Stanford
student Charlotte Anderson of Marysville and entered a world of Bob Andersons. His
wife's father and brother both were named Bob Anderson.
Two years later, the newlyweds moved to San Mateo, where Mr. Anderson entered the
lumber and logging business on the San Mateo County coast. In 1949, he paid $3,000
for a lot in the rural area west of Stanford that would become Portola Valley. He built a
home of redwood, hand-picked from his mill, Cascade Lumber Co.
Mr. Anderson sold Cascade Lumber in 1958 and years later sold his last parcel of
unlogged land, which would become part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. A road in
the park, Anderson Landing, is named after him.
Mr. Anderson next became an investor and small-scale developer, which allowed him to devote most of his time to his community. He was also a scoutmaster and founding
member of Christ Episcopal Church.
In 1960, after four years of study, he was ordained a deacon, one level below priest, at
Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He then served as a volunteer beneath the bishop
at his home church, where he officiated weddings and assisted the priest during Sunday sermons.
By the early 1960s, the unincorporated community of Portola Valley came under
development pressure, when a vast estate in the western hills became available. Fearing it would be sold off as housing, a group of citizens led a voter initiative to incorporate so that zoning rules might be put in place. When it passed, Mr. Anderson was appointed to the planning commission, becoming its second chairman. He was elected to the Town Council in 1968 and served until 1976, and then again from 1985 to 1991. Along the way he served four one-year terms as mayor.
He took up scuba diving at age 62 and took his last dive at age 72 in the South Pacific. In 1995, he suffered a heart attack and decided to slow down. He sold the house where he and his wife had lived for 45 years, and they moved to the Sequoias retirement
community, across from their back fence and a few hundred yards down Portola Road.
Last spring, Mr. Anderson was diagnosed with cancer. On Monday morning, he died.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Anderson is survived by his sons, Doug Anderson of
Auckland, New Zealand, and Bruce Anderson of San Luis Obispo; his daughter, Sally
Anderson of Sebastopol; and a granddaughter.
The Portola Valley town hall will be closed from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday so the town's 12-member staff may attend his memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. A reception will follow the service.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bob-Anderson-WWII-vet-Portola-Valley-pioneer-2653747.php
Name: Robert Hammond Anderson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1920
Birth Place: Berkeley, Calif
Father: Earl P Anderson
Mother: Jessie Dorothy Hammond
SOURCE: "Foote Family : Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut"
SF Gate, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson -- WWII vet, Portola Valley pioneer
By Sam Whiting Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson, World War II aviator, Episcopal deacon and former mayor of
Portola Valley, has died in the Peninsula town where he lived for 58 years. He was
86.
Mr. Anderson was involved in the Peninsula town's incorporation drive in the early
1960s, was on the first planning commission and the second Town Council, and went
on to serve just about every job in the volunteer government -- a public service stint that lasted 50 years.
"He just was one of the most stable, hardworking, dedicated persons to any job he
tackled," said Bill Lane, a member of the town's first council. "Bob was a man of action.
Photo of Bob Anderson, for obit.
If a tree fell down, he would often go out and clear debris off a road before the county
crew could get there."
Robert Hammond Anderson was born in 1920 at Alta Bates Hospital and grew
up in Berkeley, graduating from Berkeley High School. He was an Eagle Scout in
Troop 7.
He attended UC Berkeley for six months before being enticed away by the Golden Gate
International Exposition on Treasure Island, where he worked in the administration. He
was later a ditch digger for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. while cobbling together the
necessary 60 semester hours of college credit to join the Navy V-5 flight training
program at Oakland Airport.
Commissioned an ensign in 1942, he was based at the Naval Air Station in Alameda
and flew anti-submarine patrols, piloting a seaplane under the Golden Gate Bridge and
up and down the California coast.
On his 25th birthday, Mr. Anderson flew off to the war in the Pacific, where he piloted a
carrier-based Corsair fighter-bomber on missions over Japanese-held islands.
After the war, Mr. Anderson enrolled at Stanford University on the G.I. Bill. He
received his degree in political science in 1947. Two months later, he married Stanford
student Charlotte Anderson of Marysville and entered a world of Bob Andersons. His
wife's father and brother both were named Bob Anderson.
Two years later, the newlyweds moved to San Mateo, where Mr. Anderson entered the
lumber and logging business on the San Mateo County coast. In 1949, he paid $3,000
for a lot in the rural area west of Stanford that would become Portola Valley. He built a
home of redwood, hand-picked from his mill, Cascade Lumber Co.
Mr. Anderson sold Cascade Lumber in 1958 and years later sold his last parcel of
unlogged land, which would become part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. A road in
the park, Anderson Landing, is named after him.
Mr. Anderson next became an investor and small-scale developer, which allowed him to devote most of his time to his community. He was also a scoutmaster and founding
member of Christ Episcopal Church.
In 1960, after four years of study, he was ordained a deacon, one level below priest, at
Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He then served as a volunteer beneath the bishop
at his home church, where he officiated weddings and assisted the priest during Sunday sermons.
By the early 1960s, the unincorporated community of Portola Valley came under
development pressure, when a vast estate in the western hills became available. Fearing it would be sold off as housing, a group of citizens led a voter initiative to incorporate so that zoning rules might be put in place. When it passed, Mr. Anderson was appointed to the planning commission, becoming its second chairman. He was elected to the Town Council in 1968 and served until 1976, and then again from 1985 to 1991. Along the way he served four one-year terms as mayor.
He took up scuba diving at age 62 and took his last dive at age 72 in the South Pacific. In 1995, he suffered a heart attack and decided to slow down. He sold the house where he and his wife had lived for 45 years, and they moved to the Sequoias retirement
community, across from their back fence and a few hundred yards down Portola Road.
Last spring, Mr. Anderson was diagnosed with cancer. On Monday morning, he died.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Anderson is survived by his sons, Doug Anderson of
Auckland, New Zealand, and Bruce Anderson of San Luis Obispo; his daughter, Sally
Anderson of Sebastopol; and a granddaughter.
The Portola Valley town hall will be closed from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday so the town's 12-member staff may attend his memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. A reception will follow the service.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bob-Anderson-WWII-vet-Portola-Valley-pioneer-2653747.php
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: Robert Hammond Anderson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1920
Birth Place: Berkeley, Calif
Father: Earl P Anderson
Mother: Jessie Dorothy Hammond
SOURCE: "Foote Family : Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut"
SF Gate, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson -- WWII vet, Portola Valley pioneer
By Sam Whiting Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson, World War II aviator, Episcopal deacon and former mayor of
Portola Valley, has died in the Peninsula town where he lived for 58 years. He was
86.
Mr. Anderson was involved in the Peninsula town's incorporation drive in the early
1960s, was on the first planning commission and the second Town Council, and went
on to serve just about every job in the volunteer government -- a public service stint that lasted 50 years.
"He just was one of the most stable, hardworking, dedicated persons to any job he
tackled," said Bill Lane, a member of the town's first council. "Bob was a man of action.
Photo of Bob Anderson, for obit.
If a tree fell down, he would often go out and clear debris off a road before the county
crew could get there."
Robert Hammond Anderson was born in 1920 at Alta Bates Hospital and grew
up in Berkeley, graduating from Berkeley High School. He was an Eagle Scout in
Troop 7.
He attended UC Berkeley for six months before being enticed away by the Golden Gate
International Exposition on Treasure Island, where he worked in the administration. He
was later a ditch digger for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. while cobbling together the
necessary 60 semester hours of college credit to join the Navy V-5 flight training
program at Oakland Airport.
Commissioned an ensign in 1942, he was based at the Naval Air Station in Alameda
and flew anti-submarine patrols, piloting a seaplane under the Golden Gate Bridge and
up and down the California coast.
On his 25th birthday, Mr. Anderson flew off to the war in the Pacific, where he piloted a
carrier-based Corsair fighter-bomber on missions over Japanese-held islands.
After the war, Mr. Anderson enrolled at Stanford University on the G.I. Bill. He
received his degree in political science in 1947. Two months later, he married Stanford
student Charlotte Anderson of Marysville and entered a world of Bob Andersons. His
wife's father and brother both were named Bob Anderson.
Two years later, the newlyweds moved to San Mateo, where Mr. Anderson entered the
lumber and logging business on the San Mateo County coast. In 1949, he paid $3,000
for a lot in the rural area west of Stanford that would become Portola Valley. He built a
home of redwood, hand-picked from his mill, Cascade Lumber Co.
Mr. Anderson sold Cascade Lumber in 1958 and years later sold his last parcel of
unlogged land, which would become part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. A road in
the park, Anderson Landing, is named after him.
Mr. Anderson next became an investor and small-scale developer, which allowed him to devote most of his time to his community. He was also a scoutmaster and founding
member of Christ Episcopal Church.
In 1960, after four years of study, he was ordained a deacon, one level below priest, at
Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He then served as a volunteer beneath the bishop
at his home church, where he officiated weddings and assisted the priest during Sunday sermons.
By the early 1960s, the unincorporated community of Portola Valley came under
development pressure, when a vast estate in the western hills became available. Fearing it would be sold off as housing, a group of citizens led a voter initiative to incorporate so that zoning rules might be put in place. When it passed, Mr. Anderson was appointed to the planning commission, becoming its second chairman. He was elected to the Town Council in 1968 and served until 1976, and then again from 1985 to 1991. Along the way he served four one-year terms as mayor.
He took up scuba diving at age 62 and took his last dive at age 72 in the South Pacific. In 1995, he suffered a heart attack and decided to slow down. He sold the house where he and his wife had lived for 45 years, and they moved to the Sequoias retirement
community, across from their back fence and a few hundred yards down Portola Road.
Last spring, Mr. Anderson was diagnosed with cancer. On Monday morning, he died.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Anderson is survived by his sons, Doug Anderson of
Auckland, New Zealand, and Bruce Anderson of San Luis Obispo; his daughter, Sally
Anderson of Sebastopol; and a granddaughter.
The Portola Valley town hall will be closed from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday so the town's 12-member staff may attend his memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. A reception will follow the service.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bob-Anderson-WWII-vet-Portola-Valley-pioneer-2653747.php
Name: Robert Hammond Anderson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1920
Birth Place: Berkeley, Calif
Father: Earl P Anderson
Mother: Jessie Dorothy Hammond
SOURCE: "Foote Family : Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut"
SF Gate, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson -- WWII vet, Portola Valley pioneer
By Sam Whiting Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bob Anderson, World War II aviator, Episcopal deacon and former mayor of
Portola Valley, has died in the Peninsula town where he lived for 58 years. He was
86.
Mr. Anderson was involved in the Peninsula town's incorporation drive in the early
1960s, was on the first planning commission and the second Town Council, and went
on to serve just about every job in the volunteer government -- a public service stint that lasted 50 years.
"He just was one of the most stable, hardworking, dedicated persons to any job he
tackled," said Bill Lane, a member of the town's first council. "Bob was a man of action.
Photo of Bob Anderson, for obit.
If a tree fell down, he would often go out and clear debris off a road before the county
crew could get there."
Robert Hammond Anderson was born in 1920 at Alta Bates Hospital and grew
up in Berkeley, graduating from Berkeley High School. He was an Eagle Scout in
Troop 7.
He attended UC Berkeley for six months before being enticed away by the Golden Gate
International Exposition on Treasure Island, where he worked in the administration. He
was later a ditch digger for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. while cobbling together the
necessary 60 semester hours of college credit to join the Navy V-5 flight training
program at Oakland Airport.
Commissioned an ensign in 1942, he was based at the Naval Air Station in Alameda
and flew anti-submarine patrols, piloting a seaplane under the Golden Gate Bridge and
up and down the California coast.
On his 25th birthday, Mr. Anderson flew off to the war in the Pacific, where he piloted a
carrier-based Corsair fighter-bomber on missions over Japanese-held islands.
After the war, Mr. Anderson enrolled at Stanford University on the G.I. Bill. He
received his degree in political science in 1947. Two months later, he married Stanford
student Charlotte Anderson of Marysville and entered a world of Bob Andersons. His
wife's father and brother both were named Bob Anderson.
Two years later, the newlyweds moved to San Mateo, where Mr. Anderson entered the
lumber and logging business on the San Mateo County coast. In 1949, he paid $3,000
for a lot in the rural area west of Stanford that would become Portola Valley. He built a
home of redwood, hand-picked from his mill, Cascade Lumber Co.
Mr. Anderson sold Cascade Lumber in 1958 and years later sold his last parcel of
unlogged land, which would become part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. A road in
the park, Anderson Landing, is named after him.
Mr. Anderson next became an investor and small-scale developer, which allowed him to devote most of his time to his community. He was also a scoutmaster and founding
member of Christ Episcopal Church.
In 1960, after four years of study, he was ordained a deacon, one level below priest, at
Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He then served as a volunteer beneath the bishop
at his home church, where he officiated weddings and assisted the priest during Sunday sermons.
By the early 1960s, the unincorporated community of Portola Valley came under
development pressure, when a vast estate in the western hills became available. Fearing it would be sold off as housing, a group of citizens led a voter initiative to incorporate so that zoning rules might be put in place. When it passed, Mr. Anderson was appointed to the planning commission, becoming its second chairman. He was elected to the Town Council in 1968 and served until 1976, and then again from 1985 to 1991. Along the way he served four one-year terms as mayor.
He took up scuba diving at age 62 and took his last dive at age 72 in the South Pacific. In 1995, he suffered a heart attack and decided to slow down. He sold the house where he and his wife had lived for 45 years, and they moved to the Sequoias retirement
community, across from their back fence and a few hundred yards down Portola Road.
Last spring, Mr. Anderson was diagnosed with cancer. On Monday morning, he died.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Anderson is survived by his sons, Doug Anderson of
Auckland, New Zealand, and Bruce Anderson of San Luis Obispo; his daughter, Sally
Anderson of Sebastopol; and a granddaughter.
The Portola Valley town hall will be closed from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday so the town's 12-member staff may attend his memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. A reception will follow the service.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bob-Anderson-WWII-vet-Portola-Valley-pioneer-2653747.php
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