Background
Anderson, Raymond Eugene was born on August 22, 1927 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Robert and Ebba Evelyn (Nelson) Anderson.
Anderson, Raymond Eugene was born on August 22, 1927 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Robert and Ebba Evelyn (Nelson) Anderson.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Utah State University, 1951. Bachelor of Science in Foreign Trade, American Institute Foreign Trade, 1957.
Cowboy, ranch hand, 1948-1954; range conservationist, Bureau Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona, 1954-1956; Arizona fieldman, Western Livestock Journal, Los Angeles and Denver, 1957-1961; ranch manager, Sonora., Mexico, 1962-1964; livestock consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Caracas, Venezuela, 1965-1966; livestock advisor foreign aid program, U. Arizona, Ceará, Brazil, 1967-1971; livestock consultant, Niger, Iran, Botswana, Kenya, Turkey, 1971-1984; president, Land Revegetation International, Tucson, 1982-1986. Developer specialization in dry land revegetation without irrigation, reversing desertification and climate change.
Served with United States Army Air Corps, 1945-1947. Member American Society for Range Management (author Rangelands).
Married Nilene Washburn, 1955 (divorced). Children: Leslie Lynne, Terry Evelyn, Allison Rae.