He came to Princeton from Thomas Edison High School in Tulsa, Okla. He majored in history, belonged to Cloister Inn, roomed at 15 North Edwards, and participated in the Undergraduate Council, Orange Key, and freshman and varsity swimming. He was manager of the student cabaret, the pipe agency, and an assistant manager of the catering service.
Gary served two years in the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps Artillery. He earned a master’s degree in industrial administration from Carnegie-Mellon, and later completed the executive program at Stanford Business School. He began his career as a product planner for Ford Motor Corp., then was an economic forecaster for Merrill Lynch Economics in New York, and software manager for GE Information Services.
In 1977, he moved to Maryland, joining SRI International in a series of positions. He met Eugenia Kraus, and they married in 1979. SRI moved Gary to the San Francisco area in 1978, where the Andersons spent the next 40 years. Gary eventually became manager of SRI’s Business Intelligence Program, traveling and consulting in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
In later years the Andersons bought and published British Car magazine. He served as editor-in-chief for 10 years before selling it, winning more than 20 awards for automotive media journalism.
In 2019, the Andersons moved to Ashland, and he was recruited to teach part time at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of Southern Oregon University and was a mentor for the Aspire Program at Ashland High School. As the class knew him, he was an indefatigable man serving his community to the end.