Dennis Anderson biographical information

What Dennis Anderson posted about himself at Linkedin. What’s posted here was copied 5./14/2020

Dennis Anderson

Retired journalist (6 newspapers in California and Hawai'i)

McMinnville, Oregon

Retired to Oregon in 2005 after 55 years (starting at age 13) as a reporter and editor at newspapers in California (24 years) and Hawai'i (31 years). ~~~ 14 years on city desk (11 as city editor) were bracketed by 41 wonderful years in sports, most of it reporting on high school sports.

My most satisfying accomplishment: Giving positive recognition to deserving student-athletes, especially 17 years writing a weekly feature called Homegrown Report on the thousands of student-athletes from Hawai'i at Mainland colleges. 

Newspapers I worked at, in chronological order: in California -- Palo Alto Times (1950-54), Redwood City Tribune (1950-74, city editor 1966-74), Menlo Park Recorder (1951-58); Hawai'i -- Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1974-81, city editor 1977-79), Sun Press (1981), Honolulu Advertiser (1981-2003). 

It is perhaps notable, given the current state of newspapers in the United States, that NONE of those papers exists as a separate entity today (The Advertiser and Star-Bulletin are merged). 

I also worked as a correspondent or part-time for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and San Mateo Times in California and the McMinnville News-Register in Oregon. Most of those no longer exist, either! 

Next to the years of providing positive recognition to student-athletes and ahead of the numerous awards and citations won by the Redwood City Tribune while I was city editor, the most fulfilling experiences of my working years were the more than 100 weeks -- over 10 years -- that I volunteered as an unpaid administrative assistant (go-fer) in the Linfield College Athletic Department. 

While I was a college drop-out and played on a losing team, my son Bryant compensated. He made significant contributions to Linfield's 1986 NAIA national football championship on special teams and graduated in 1990 with a degree in communications!

Experience

• Retired journalist

6 newspapers that have closed or merged

2005 – Present (15 years)

Reporter, city editor/assistant, copy editor, sports editor/assistant

Retired volunteer administrative assistant (go-fer)

Linfield College

1988 – 2006 (18 years)

Go-fer. Handled paper work so coaches could coach.

• Information Director

Hawai'i High School Athletic Association

Aug 2003 – Jul 2005 (2 years)

Hawaiian Islands

Responsible for web page content, reporting results of every contest in every varsity sport for every high school in the state. Such comprehensive reporting had never been done before -- or since. Hawai'i had state championships in more sports than any other state in USA.

• Reporter

The Honolulu Advertiser

1981 – 2003 (22 years)

Section design editor 1981-1988; In charge of high school sports coverage 1989-2003, started and wrote Hawai'i Homegrown Report 1987-2003.

City Editor when left. Sports reporter or correspondent previously.

Redwood City Tribune

Sep 1950 – Oct 1974 (24 years 2 months)

Redwood City, California

Hired as high-school freshman to be sports stringer (correspondent).
Went full time 8 years later when my college class graduated (but I didn't).
Promoted from sports department to city editor 8 years later, in 1966.
Burned out, as city editors are wont to do, and moved to Hawai'i in 1974.

Education

• Sequoia High School, Menlo-Atherton High School (grad. 1954), San Jose State, College of San Mateo

1950 – 1958

Activities and Societies: Football, basketball, baseball, student newspapers

Journalism major

• Linfield College. Oregon

Journalism

1954 – 1955

Activities and Societies: Football, sports editor of school newspaper, student sports information director in spring, baseball official scorekeeper, Theta Chi fraternity.

Languages

• English Full professional proficiency
• Hawaiian Pidgin Limited working proficiency

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Son Bryant Carlton Anderson

Details about Dennis Anderson life events some from Facebook page

DENNIS CARLTON ANDERSON

Middle name after author Carlton E. Morse, best know for the long-running radio series "One Man's Family." His mother denied that.

1937 = Born Feb. 24, 1937, in San Francisco

1939 = Moved to Burlingame, California

1948 = Moved to Menlo Park, California

1950 = Started School at Sequoia High School

1954 = Graduated from Menlo Atherton High School (Atherton, Calif.) and started at Linfield College. While a Linfield student his hometown was Menlo Park, Calif.

1961 = Moved to Palo Alto, California

“Retired newspaper reporter/editor/correspondent after 55 years for 11 newspapers, mainly the Redwood City Tribune (24 years) and the Honolulu Advertiser (22 years). Born in San Francisco, lived in Burlingame, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and Palo Alto for 35 years, then on O`ahu in Hawai`i for 31 years and since 2005 in McMinnville, Oregon -- 40 miles southwest of Portland. Love good journalism/writing; performing arts and many sports.”

Father: Elmer O Anderson

Mother: Ethel A Anderson (maybe Carlton was her maiden name?)

Brother: Vernon R Anderson (5 years older than Dennis)

Self: Dennis C Anderson

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Stanford University Report, July 26, 2000, about brother of Dennis Anderson

Trustee, long-time benefactor Vernon Anderson dead at 69

BY LISA TREI

Vernon Russell Anderson, a member of the Board of Trustees and an active university supporter, died at his home in Los Altos Hills on July 22 after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

A memorial service will be held in Memorial Church on Sunday, July 30, at 7 p.m.

"He was an extraordinarily engaged, thoughtful and constructive alumnus and trustee," said former university President Donald Kennedy. "One can think of only a tiny handful of people who have contributed as much to this place as Vernon."

Economics Professor John Shoven described Anderson as one of the most remarkable people he ever knew. "He had a full-time job helping others," he said. "His interests were far broader than economics. He was a great role model, interested in young people and in teaching values."

Anderson's widow, Lysbeth Warren, said that her husband was "very, very proud" to be elected by alumni to the Board of Trustees in 1985. During that election, Anderson received the highest percentage of ballots from eligible voters.

Anderson was born in San Francisco on July 3, 1931. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 1953 and a master's degree from the Graduate School of Business in 1957.

Anderson, a Silicon Valley pioneer and entrepreneur, was co-founder and CEO of Vidar Corp., an early leader in the field of digital telephone transmission systems. He was an original investor in and the first president of Silicon Graphics Inc. Anderson also served as an adviser to leading international telecommunications companies and developing nations.

As a Stanford alumnus, Anderson was an active fundraising volunteer from 1964 onward, serving on the Libraries and Information Resources Advisory Council, the Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and the Alumni Association Executive Committee. The Alumni Association presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1995. From 1974 until his death, Anderson was a member of the Stanford Associates. He served on the university Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1990. In 1980, Anderson was a founding member of the Advisory Board to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and served as its chair from 1995 to 1997. He also had been a member of the Humanities and Sciences Council, an advisory board, since 1996.

In 1997, Anderson and his wife, Lysbeth Warren, a member of the Class of 1954, established the Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Deanship of the School of Humanities and Sciences. The $4 million endowment provided discretionary funds for the dean of the university's largest school to provide seed money for new initiatives and departmental colloquia, funding for graduate student research and travel, and research support for junior faculty.

Shoven, the first dean to hold the position, described the endowment as an important milestone for the School of Humanities and Sciences. "This magnificent gift will provide critical venture capital for us to invest in the best people and ideas to ensure that H&S maintains its competitive edge into Stanford's second century," Shoven said when the deanship was endowed.

Shoven said he is grateful to have known Anderson and his wife. "They are much more than donors," he said. "They are really involved in the life of the university."

Anderson is survived by Lysbeth, to whom he was married for 46 years. She serves on the Humanities and Sciences Council. He is also survived by his children Brenton, a Bay Area resident; Lysanna of Montana; and Dane of Washington; and grandchildren.

The family requests that gifts in Anderson's memory be sent to the Stanford University Office of Development, 301 Encina Hall, Stanford, CA 94305. SR

ESTHER M. WRIGHT, LINFIELD CLASS OF 1925, WROTE LINFIELD ALMA MATER MUSIC, LYRICS

ESTHER M. WRIGHT, LINFIELD CLASS OF 1925, WROTE LINFIELD ALMA MATER MUSIC, LYRICS

(Also known as Esther Margaret Wright and Esther Margaret Erickson.)


Born 1901 in Madison, South Dakota.
Died 1942 in North Bend, Washington.


== Oregonian June 18, 1921: Esther Margaret Wright graduated from Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon


== When she wrote the Linfield College Alma Mater music and lyrics not known. McMinnville College became Linfield College in January 1922, during the 1921-1922 academic year. That was her freshman year at the college. Perhaps it happened soon after the college name change?


==Sunday Oregonian, July 22, 1924, story includes info about Miss Esther Margaret Wright offering two vocal numbers at an event. “Miss Wright is a senior in the Linfield college of music, and is regarded as one of the most promising students, artistically, of that institution. Her voice is fresh and clear, and she has never failed to make a profound impression.”


==Sunday Oregonian, March 8, 1925, reports on Esther Margaret Wright of Portland giving her senior vocal recital at the music hall of Linfield. “Miss Wright is active in student activities, being a member of the women’s glee club and the college octet, also a member of the Kappa Alpha Phi sorority. She will receive a bachelor of music degree with the graduating class in June, having been a vocal student of Anna Lavinia Beebe, instructor of voice, during the past four years.”


==Sunday Oregonian, March 29, 1925, photo of Linfield Octet with cutline showing Esther Wright, an alto singer, in the octet. Cutline says the octet made of tour of eastern and western Washington with stops in Yakima, Kennewick, Sunnyside, Puyallup and Olympia.


==Sunday Oregonian, June 17, 1928, wedding story includes that the Rev. Harris David Erickson’s hometown is Mount Vernon, Wash. The wedding was held in First Baptist church, presumably in Portland. After August 1, the Rev. and Mrs. Erickson will be at home at Sunnyvale, California, where Rev. Erickson is pastor of the Baptist church.


==Oregonian, Aug. 5, 1931, said Esther lives in Los Angeles where her husband is pastor of the Atherton Baptist church.


==Seattle Times, May 21, 1942, includes obituary headlined, “Mrs. Erickson’s Funeral Will Be Tomorrow.” Funeral services for Mrs. Ether Wright Erickson, wife of the Rev. Harris Davis Erickson, professor of philosophy at Seattle Pacific College, will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow in Queen Anne Baptist Church. She died in North Bend Sunday. Since coming to Seattle five years ago, Mrs. Erickson has been an active member of the University Baptist Church, the Philomel Singers, Seattle Pacific College Faculty Wives Club, the Seattle and the college’s Red Cross chapter. She also was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary music society. She composed many sacred solos for contralto voice, her chorus “Heritage” being presented by the Philomel Singers at their 1941 winter concert. She also wrote the Alma Mater song for Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Before her marriage, she was music supervisor for public schools in Heppner, Oregon.  She lived at 3210 Fourth Ave. W. Surviving besides her husband are twin sons, Claiborne Reed Erickson and James Wright Erickson, 13 years old; a brother, C. C. Wright, Burlingame, Calif., and her father, D. C. Wright, Portland, Or., who for 21 years was executive secretary of Oregon Baptist State Convention. 


==Eugene (Oregon) Guard, May 24, 1942, headline “Mrs. Esther Wright Erickson Dies.” Text: Mrs. Harris Erickson (Esther Wright) of Seattle, daughter of Dr. O.C. Wright, former pastor of the Eugene Baptist church died Sunday, May 17, at North Bend, Wash., while assisting her husband, Rev. Harris Erickson, with church services. She died from a heart attack. Mrs. Erickson was born in Madison, S. D., lived in Eugene as a child, graduated from Linfield College in 1925 and the University of Oregon in 1926 with the B.A. degree in music. She was supervisor of music in the Heppner schools for two and a half years and married Mr. Erickson in 1928. Besides her husband she leaves twin sons James Wright Erickson and Claiborne Reed Erickson, age 13. Services were held May 22 in Seattle from Queen Anne Baptist church with the president of Seattle Pacific College in charge, Mr. Erickson being a teacher at that institution.


==Info elsewhere: Esther Margaret Wright was born October 9 1901, in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She died May 17, 1942 in North Bend, Wash. Thus, she was 40 years old.  She and Harris David Erickson, also a member of Linfield Class of 1925, married in 1928. He died at age 93 in 1996.


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Linfield's Alma Mater "We’ll Be Loyal"

We’ll be loyal to old Linfield
With her backing never yield

Each day will bring some vict’ry

One more honor for her shield.

The Old Oak gives us courage

Keeps us steadfast in our way
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!

You may search all Linfield’s hist’ry

For one more of disloyalty

Each student upholds her spirit

With her loyal faculty

Linfield’s friendships are the truest

They’ll back you in each test
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!

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Based on an Aug. 24, 2018, posting at Wildcatville:

Linfield Alma Mater lyrics include “The Old Oak gives us courage…”

The Old Oak fell on Jan. 8, 2008. A newspaper story at the time said the Old Oak, an 80-foot tall white oak, “stood majestic when Linfield was founded 150 years ago.” It was estimated to be 200-250 years old when disease caused its death.

Debbie Harmon Ferry of Linfield College said the Linfield Alma Mater “still references the Old Oak, but we now tend to use ‘the old oaks give us courage’ – referring to the oaks in the Oak Grove, not the Old Oak itself.”

LINFIELD FOOTBALL RELATED NEWS. (THIS POSTED MAY 5, 2020)

1-- In mid-March 2020 Simon Fraser University (SFU) Athletics said Linfielder Thomas Ford stepped down as SFU head football coach to take a “coaching role at an FBS Power 5, NCAA Division 1 program.” Later, it was revealed that Coach Ford is in charge of football quality control for the Pac-10’s University of Washington Huskies in Seattle. (SFU, an NCAA DII member, is in Burnaby, B.C., Canada.)



2-- On April 20, 2020, Catdomealumni Football/Ryan Carlson tweeted “Tough news as Rowan has informed Linfield they will not travel to Oregon in September over concerns of Covid-19.” That game was to have been played Sept. 12 in McMinnville. (Rowan University is in New Jersey.)


3-- On May 5, 2020, Catdomealumni Football tweeted that Linfield had found an opponent to succeed Rowan: SFU. Game between Wildcats and Clan will be played in Burnaby on Sept. 12, 2020. (The two teams will also play Sept. 11, 2021, in McMinnville.)



4-- Linfield Football record book shows that Linfield and SFU have played 10 times, with Linfield winning all. First time the teams played was 1985. Last time was 1991 in Burnaby. Story about the 1991 game:


LINFIELD GOOD ENOUGH LONG ENOUGH TO TRIP SIMON FRASER


Oregonian, Oct. 13, 1991


Linfield played just well enough just long enough to beat Simon Fraser 20-14 Saturday in a Columbia Football Association non-league game at Burnaby, British Columbia.



The Wildcats' defense pitched a shutout for 51 minutes and then withstood the Clansmen's late flurry. Simon Fraser pulled within six points on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 54 seconds to go, but Linfield ran out the clock after Ritchie Martin recovered an onside kick.



``Our offense didn't play as well as it has been playing, and we probably played too conservative,'' Linfield coach Ad Rutschman said.



Linfield, ranked sixth in NAIA Division II, improved to 3-1 on the sunny day. Simon Fraser slipped to 2-3.



``We were very frustrated in the first half, made some adjustments that got us moving but couldn't overcome our mistakes,'' Simon Fraser coach Chris Beaton said.



The Wildcats came into the game determined to stop junior Dino Bucciol, who fired four touchdown passes against them in last year's 35-27 Linfield win.



Bucciol hardly had a chance Saturday. He was rushed in waves, and his receivers were smothered. Bucciol completed only 12 of 32 for 119 yards and had three interceptions.



The key series was a Linfield goal-line stand at the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth quarter. Simon Fraser failed to reduce its 17-0 deficit despite having a first-and-goal situation from the 4-yard line. The Wildcats stopped runs on second-and-1 and third-and-1. In a bit of desperation, the Clansmen tried a rollout pass on fourth down, but the receiver was dropped at the 5.



Defensive tackle Pat Richards made the hardest hit of the stand, slamming into running back Bruce Reid in the backfield for a 1-yard loss on third down.



``Their offensive line took some wide splits, which made it look like they were going to run outside,'' Richards said. ``I just shot through. No one touched me.''



Linfield, which has a 7-0 all-time record against Simon Fraser, settled for a 33-yard Kunle Thomas field goal early in the second quarter when one drive stalled. A few minutes later, Simon Fraser blocked a 38-yard try by Thomas.



The Linfield offense was sputtering so much that Rutschman took out starting quarterback Slade Crooks in the second quarter. On came Shannon Sells, who had started the last two games but was nursing a sore shoulder.



The only play that consistently worked for Linfield was the power run by fullback Shaun Aguano. His 23-yard burst behind a wedge set up Linfield's first touchdown, on a 6-yard run by Aguano. Aguano finished with a game-high 96 yards rushing on 16 carries.



Simon Fraser's top back, Rick Walters, sat on the sidelines until the score reached 17-0 late in the third quarter. Walters, suffering from a bruised leg, immediately sparked the Clan attack. He scored Simon Fraser's first touchdown on a 6-yard blast with 9:13 left in the game.



Linfield made it 20-7 with 2:36 left on a 37-yard Thomas field goal. The score came after an interception by end Todd Shirley at the Clan 30.



Bucciol finally hit a couple of big passes, however, to give Simon Fraser a chance. On fourth-and-10, he connected with Rod Farquharson for 27 yards to the Linfield 20. Then, on third-and-10, he found Walters behind the secondary for a too-little, too-late touchdown.

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Linfield College sign of the times, prior (April-May 2020) to college becoming university on July 1, 2020

On 4/29/2020 morning Fellows Street/Founders Way Linfield College entryway sign is repaired. Vandals removed some of the "Linfield College" letters, apparently as mementos. Left, after removal, from "Linfield" were "Lin," the dot from the "i" and from "College" were "C" and "l." Perhaps the vandalism due to fact on 7/1/2020 Linfield College will become Linfield University. Other photos, two of the same sign (now repaired) taken 5/2/2020 afternoon. Also from 5/2/2020 two photos of a banner on a light fixture near same entryway sign.