Education
University of Iowa.
University of Iowa.
A Democrat, to date he is the last male Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Anderson was the first Democrat in Iowa history elected Lieutenant Governor alongside a Republican Governor. Anderson received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Iowa.
He was also a high school teacher, and served in the Iowa House of Representatives.
He created the Insurance Regulatory Information System, Incorporated. (Iowa Resource for International Service in 1993.
Those organizations have brought more than 800 persons from the former Soviet Union, Central Europe, Asia and Africa to Iowa and organized travel to Iowa leaders to those parts of the country. Most recently, Insurance Regulatory Information System has arranged for more than 400 high school students from Nigeria and Tanzania to spend a year attending Iowa high schools through the State Department"s Youth Education and Study (Young European Socialists) program
Anderson was a sponsor for Thai Dam refugees in the 1970s and 80s.
Prior to his retirement, he also served as executive director of the Institute for Tomorrow"s Workforce, an initiative to improve k-12 educational opportunity in Iowa. He is an active volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate, facilitates a Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition and is active with youth through the Midday Rotary Club of Gig Harbor.
Iowa Democratic Party, Democratic Party.