Background
Anderson, Gerald Edwin was born on April 9, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence Gustav and Lela Pauline (Kelley) Anderson.
Anderson, Gerald Edwin was born on April 9, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence Gustav and Lela Pauline (Kelley) Anderson.
Associate of Arts, Worthington Junior College, Minnesota, 1950. Bachelor of Business Administration, University Minnesota, 1952.
Staff accountant, audit manager, Arthur Andersen & Company, Minneapolis, 1953-1965; assistant comptroller, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966; system comptroller, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1971; vice president, comptroller, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1972; treasurer parent company, financial vice president system, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1974; president, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1991; chief Executive officer, Commonwealth Energy System (formerly New England Gas & Electric Association), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1991; retired, 1992. Trustee parent company, 1974-1991. Also director operating subsidiary Commonwealth Energy Sys., 1972-1991, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, 1984-1995, Liberty Finance Companies, Inc.
Vice chairman United Ways Eastern New England, 1986. Member town finance committee, Carlisle, Massachusetts, 1968-1973, chairman, 1972-1973. Director Swedish Council American, since 1987.
Member Corporation of Massachusetts General Hospital, 1988-1995. First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1953. Member AICPA, Minnesota Society Certified Public Accountants, Finance Executives Institute, Oyster Harbors Club, The Lakes Country Club, Somerset Club, Commercial Club of Boston, Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Mary Elizabeth Iverson, May 21, 1955. Children: Todd K., Timothy J., Kristin E. May.
