Background
Anderson, Richard Gardiner was born on July 3, 1936 in Baltimore. Son of Marvin Isaac and Geneva Augusta (Hauser) Anderson.
Anderson, Richard Gardiner was born on July 3, 1936 in Baltimore. Son of Marvin Isaac and Geneva Augusta (Hauser) Anderson.
AB magna cum laude, Washington and Lee University, 1957; Juris Doctor, Washington and Lee University, 1959.
Partner, Anderson and Anderson, Annapolis, Maryland., 1963-1982; assistant city attorney, City of Annapolis, 1973-1979; city attorney, City of Annapolis, 1980-1982; sole practice, Lexington, Virginia, since 1982; magistrate 25th judicial district, Commonwealth of Virginia, Lexington, 1986-1987. Member trial courts judicial nominating commission State Maryland, Annapolis, 1975-1982, member inquiry panel and attorney grievance commission, 1978-1982.
Disbursing treasurer New Providence Presbyterian Church, 1986-1989, elder, 1984-1986, 88-90, 97-98. Member Control Shenandoah Planning District Commission, Staunton, Virginia, 1988-1991. Captain Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Army, 1960-1963.
Member Sons of the American Revolution (Rockbridge Volumes chapter), Association Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (board directors Ruth Anderson McCulloch branch 1991-1996), Rockbridge Hist.Soc. (treasurer 1991-1994), Brownsburg Ruritan Club (president 1994).
Married Elizabeth CanfieldBlessing, August 17, 1957. Children: Elizabeth C.B., Richard Edwin, Thomas Jonathan Jackson.