Charles L.R. Anderson ’51

Andy was born Jan. 7, 1929, in Reisterstown, Md., son of Mabel Hobbs and Charles R. Anderson.

A graduate of the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md., he was in the NROTC program and an English major at Princeton. He served as managing editor of the Nassau Lit, was on the class council and president of Court Club, and was a member of Whig-Clio.

Andy’s Navy career spanned 22 years. He retired as a commander in 1973, having served in the Atlantic fleet as ship captain and as a management specialist.

Andy turned to a second career in criminal-justice planning and administration, serving in Norfolk, Va., as police procedures analyst and in later years as director of New Hampshire Correctional Industries. He taught college and graduate-level courses at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, at Golden Gate University programs in Norfolk and Langley, Va., and at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire. He was a Mason and a member of the Second Congregational Church in Wilton, N.H.

Andy died Aug. 27, 2012. He is survived by his son, John; daughter Heather; his former wife, Jessie Anderson; granddaughter Morgan; three great-granddaughters; and his longtime companion, Dorothy Wood.