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)
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
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.
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
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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Trustee, long-time benefactor Vernon
Anderson dead at 69
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.
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
….
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
