Anderson
William Otto Anderson
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1920
Birth Place: Shelbyville, IN
Death Date: 1 Jan 1964
Death Place: Montgomery Co, MD
Burial Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
Occupation: Foreign Service Officer, Department of State
Father: Bertie Anderson (1895-1945)
Mother: Gertrude Bernice Bennett (b. 1898- Deceased)
Notes:
In WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA, Vol. 4, 1961-1968, A. B. Wabash College, Indiana, 1942 (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa in junior
year and senior year), Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, 1942-1943, University of Colorado, 1943. U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence Officer (Naval Agent) 1943. With War Relocation Agency 1944-45.
Foreign Service Officer, Department of State 1945. Staff, Special War Problems Division, Department of State 1945, Vice Consul, Capetown, South Africa, 1945-1948, temporarily in charge of consulate, Port Elizabeth, 1948. Attache U.S. Embassy, Bangkok 1948-51. Political Officer, Chinese Affairs, Department of State 1951-1954. Consul, Singapore, 1954-1956. Assigned to University of Washington Far East-Russian Institute, 1956-1957. Political Officer, U.S. Mission Berlin, 1957-1960. Berlin Task Force. Assigned Department of State, 1960. Officer in Charge of Soviet
Multilateral Political Affairs, 1961. U.S. Senior Seminar on Foreign Policy 1963-1964.
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wabash College, 1963. Author: CHINESE COMMUNIST TRADE WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1956. A STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMUNISM 1957.
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