Background
Anderson, Robert Orville was born on April 13, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugo A. and Hilda (Nelson) Anderson.
Anderson, Robert Orville was born on April 13, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugo A. and Hilda (Nelson) Anderson.
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1939.
Founder and President Hondo Oil and Gas Company (formerly Malco Refineries Inc.) 1941-1963. Founder and Owner, Lincoln County Livestock Company, New Mexico. Chairman Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 1959-1965.
Director Northern Natural Gas Company 1960-1963. Chair, of Executive Committee and Director The Atlantic Refining Company 1963-1965 (now ARCO), Chair, of Board 1965-1985, Chief Executive Officer 1965-1982. Chairman The Observer Ltd.
1981-1983, Deputy Chairman July 1983. Chair, of Board, Diamond A. Cattle Company, Roswell, New Mexico. Chairman Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies since 1959.
Chairman Emeritus Lovelace Foundation. Trustee University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology.
Honorary council trustees Aspen Institute. Trustee California Insurance Technology, University Chicago. Member National Petroleum Council, American Petroleum Institute, Century Club (New York City), California (Los Angeles), Pacific-Union Club (San Francisco).
Married Barbara Herrick Phelps, August 25, 1939. Children: Katherine, Julia, Maria, Robert Bruce, Barbara Burton, William Phelps, Beverley.