Charles Anderson

Charles A. Anderson (November 14, 1917 – April 17, 2009) was the CEO and president of SRI International from 1968 to 1980. Early life and education Anderson was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 14, 1917; his family moved to Berkeley, California not long thereafter. Anderson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1938 with a bachelor of science in chemistry, and then graduated from Harvard Business School in 1940 with a master's of business administration. Early career After graduating from Harvard, Anderson married Betty Rushforth in 1942 and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Upon his return from the war, he was an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard. In 1948, Anderson moved back to California, and was a vice president of Magna Power Tool Company, which was purchased by Yuba Consolidated Industries in 1958. From 1958 to 1961, he joined the Stanford Business School as the department's associate dean and a professor of business administration.